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Topic	Should felons lose their right to vote?
brestugo 02/25/24 6:12:41 PM #21:	Crimsoness posted... What exactly is the reasoning behind removing the right to vote from felons anyway? It is a Jim Crow leftover. Incarceration > Chain Gang > Disenfranchisement > Rinse & Repeat. A few states did have it earlier, but most adopted it after the Civil War (late 1860s-1870s). The Constitution says nothing about it, but the SCOTUS has ruled that states can do it, so long as they violate nothing in the Constitution in the process (election laws are state laws). --- Putin delenda est <cite>brestugo posted [p:979040268] in Should fel... [t:80705785]...</cite> <quote>Crimsoness posted... </cite><quote>What exactly is the reasoning behind removing the right to vote from felons anyway?</quote>It is a Jim Crow leftover. Incarceration > Chain Gang > Disenfranchisement > Rinse & Repeat. A few states did have it earlier, but most adopted it after the Civil War (late 1860s-1870s).The Constitution says nothing about it, but the SCOTUS has ruled that states can do it, so long as they violate nothing in the Constitution in the process (election laws are state laws). --- Putin delenda est</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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