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Americans DO NOT have a right to vote. Do you believe convicted felons should regain their right to vote once they've served their prison sentence?
posted by Mr. Carlisle at 1:06 PM
Tuesday, October 08, 2013
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14 Comments:
I think that felons should get the right back after their sentence. They've served their time, and hopefully learned their lesson. They get their other rights back, why shouldn't they be able to vote?
5:31 PM
I think since that felons should be allowed to vote, only after being released from prison and/or serving their full sentence. Even though they have committed a major crime, a person should be allowed to have their opinion counted in an election.
5:45 PM
Interesting how the Constitution does not mention the rights for people to vote for president. If I was in charge of the decision, I would allow everyone to vote, regardless of crime or whether or not they're currently in prison. I don't see why someone should be suspended from voting while in jail. They're still just as much of a citizen as I am. I think we should not have voting restrictions like this because if we don't, I believe that voting would become biased with less and less of a specific type of person voting.
5:57 PM
@Olivia I don't think they get all of their rights back. Their right to bear arms is removed. And as it stands, voting isn't a right anyways, it's a privilege. But I do agree that they should be able to vote. As long as you're an american citizen and fulfill the other requirements. They still represent a part of america that should still be accounted for when tallying votes.
6:02 PM
I believe that everyone should have a say in who runs their country only after they are out of jail or have served their time. Because they did just that, they served their time. And hopefully, as Olivia said, learned their lesson.
8:05 PM
I think that felons should be allowed to vote after they have served their time in prison. I agree with Preston on the fact that they are still considered U.S. Citizens. If felons do meet the requirements for voting, they should be eligible to have a voice in this country, just like every other person living here.
8:19 PM
In my opinion, I think that felons that have served their jail time should be allowed to vote again. They have already received their punishment by being sent to jail, so it only seems appropriate to give them that right back. I do not think that it is right for them to be allowed to vote while they are in jail though.
8:29 PM
No felon should be able to vote while they are in jail. However, once a felon has fulfilled their full punishment in jail, they should then be allowed to vote. If a felon serves their jail time and is still not allowed to vote, it is not right because then they are still being punished for something they already received their punished on.
8:35 PM
Crap I forgot to add the part about how the felons are eligible to vote if they do meet the requirements for voting AFTER they're released from jail
8:53 PM
I believe that felons should get their voting privileges back after they get out of prison. I think that everyone should have the right to vote for who is going to run the country, even if they are felons. The felons also will have learned their lesson after their jail sentence.
10:18 PM
They should not call this a right to vote at this time necessarily. The current systematic approach is more of a privilege to vote. People who are convicted felons have no right to vote, when they too have the RIGHT to vote. This is a large misconception and misinterpretation. The fact is the ones who are privileged enough to vote are the ones who are able to make a change. This case alone could be a pivotal argument for many lost elections in the past. I think as Americans, if the government may grant that it is a "right" to vote then the American government is stripping americans of their God given rights to liberty and life. Which is stated in the constitution. Where does this help the ones who are in jail? This infringes on the rights of not terrorist, nor illegals. Some may be, the minority, but the constitution is taking the God given right for these people. The government should seriously consider rephrasing the verbiage to privilege. The phrase is "We the people", not "We, some of the people." These are people who are like you and me, they are just in a enclosed container, does that strip the humanity and the rights of citizenship from you and I alike? Does one felony change a person into an animal that has no rights only trapped in a cage? These are people as well. They are not just people they are proud citizens of America. If they don't have a right in some states, then that degrades our standard of being an American citizen. This should not be condoned because America is free, America is land, and America is liberty, and equality to all men.
10:59 PM
Personally I don't understand why someone in jail shouldn't be allowed to vote. Aren't they still an American citizen? I don't think a crime should withhold a person from being able vote, and the only reason it is is because there is no given right to vote. I think that if we had a set right to vote as citizens of America like other countries that we would have a much more structurized system of democracy.
11:28 PM
Did not know this; I do think felons and all American citizens deserve the right to vote and that by taking it away it limits the voice of the people.
12:18 AM
I agree with most other people, the felons should be able to vote after they've been released from prison. They did their time and now they deserve to get that right back along with all the other rights.
6:58 AM
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