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I am TOTALLY in favor of stiff *criminal* penalties for those spreading deceptive messages about voting. This is voter intimidation, and a very ugly fly-by-night form of it. I've seen a lot of this in recent years here in my city; Robocalls telling uninformed voters that Republicans vote on Tuesday, Democrats on Wednesday, or that polling hours have been extended, or that if you are delinquent in your child support, you will be arrested when you go to vote. I think this is disgusting. I don't point fingers at any one party or interest group, but I think something has to be done to combat this problem.
I'm also in favor of automatic re-instatement of voting rights upon completing a criminal sentence. Here in Kentucky, there is a long process that a convicted felon must go through in order to have his civil rights restored. There's a big movement to change this, but its slow going...
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