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Originally Posted by cthulu23
Although I am definitely curious about where you got that number, if it is accurate than you could just as easily say that the Republicans have an interest in NOT letting felons vote.
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This is very true and I don't disagree one single bit. I got this number from one of two places (I don't remember PRECISELY). It was either mentioned IN the documentary that I pointed out in my previous post, which I watched in one of my poli sci classes, or it was mentioned in the discussion afterwards by the poli sci teacher who had as watch the documentary. I'm pretty sure it was IN the documentary though. Nonetheless, I can't see any reason why she'd provide us with that statistic one way or another if it were incorrect, considering that she is self-described as far left of even the democrats and is also a major political statistics junkie (we spent the entire first week of class simply looking at various government statistics).
I'm not defending or disproportionately accusing either side here. I think both sides try to do what they can to unjustly "obtain" elections, and it sickens me.