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Originally Posted by onesnowyowl
My problem with laws like these is tied into my problem with mandatory minimums. We have made a lot of drug-related crimes into felonies, and in doing so, have dramatically increased the number of felons, especially those with lower socio-economic status. So by restricting felons who have done their time from voting, we are disenfranchising many of the poor in this country, as well as people of color.
Works nicely for rich white men, doesn't it?
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Onesnowyowl - oooohhhh we are one in the same. It amazes me that our government can silence nearly entire classes of people thereby eliminating the need to merge the gaps between them. God forbid we actually right some of the wrongs of this country, lets just continue to disengage them from society it's so much easier.