Eric Holder wants felons to have right to vote.

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Holder: State Laws That Bar Felons From Voting Are ?Too Unjust to Tolerate? | CNS News

https://www.aclu.org/maps/map-state-felony-disfranchisement-laws

What's your input on this? I thought all felons lost right to vote. Apparently that's a state by state issue and it varies according to the map I linked. Think he'll push for felons to have the right to arms as well?

This guy is unreal and dangerous.

 

[Mikewood]

This is an old Jim Crow law that needs to be retired they should also be able to own guns, hunt and fish and otherwise have their rights restored.
IF WE REALY DONT TRUST THEM THEY NEED TO STAY IN JAIL.

 

[Odiferous]

I'm ambivalent about the issue - but if a guy's paid his debt to society and has his right to vote restored, then it follows logically that his right to keep and bear arms MUST be restored as well.

Libs freak out when I tell them that.

 

[breakingcontact]

This would add millions of democrat voters.

 

[Glockster69]

This would add millions of democrat voters.

I assumed you meant "of" and edited. Correct me if I'm wrong.

The study found that felons registered Democratic over Republican by a six-to-one margin in some states, including New York, where 61.5% are Democrats and only 9% GOP. Another fact discovered was that 73% of the felons who would vote would vote Democrat.

Three states where the state government has notified convicts that they can vote are New York, New Mexico, and North Carolina.

In addition to the huge disparity in party affiliation in New York, New Mexico showed 54.6% of convicts as Democrats, with 10.2% Republican, and North Carolina had 54.6% of felons as Democrats with 10.2 GOP.

Study: Most Convicts Vote Democrat

 

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I assumed you meant "of" and edited. Correct me if I'm wrong.


Study: Most Convicts Vote Democrat

You got it.

 

[Iamntxhunter]

No they shouldn't be allowed.

Democrats: Vote and vote often.

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[Das Jared]

Nope.

 

[breakingcontact]

I guess this is their backup plan if they can't push amnesty through. Get millions of convicted felons to vote for them.

 

[HillRider]

Why this now? The DOJ is up to their necks in scandal and they still have the balls to come up with this shit?
Holder will be first in line for prosecution if and when patriots take this country back.

 

[kfc903]

Generally speaking felons/criminals tend to operate outside the bounds of society, and probably wouldn't even vote if given the opportunity.

 

[Das Jared]

Generally speaking felons/criminals tend to operate outside the bounds of society, and probably wouldn't even vote if given the opportunity.

They will if it means a free Obama phone

sent from Jennifer Lawrence's bedroom

 

[Vaquero]

Absurd! Obama's cabinet is worse than he is.
I pray for the health and well being of the SCOTUS members.

 

[Big Dipper]

So, for those of you that say No (for philosophical reasons, NOT because they would automatically vote for the Donkey party), what other rights of free citizens do you think they should be denied?

Speech, freedom of assembly, RTKBA, self incrimination (if they offend again), unreasonable search and seizure, speedy trial, trial by jury, ...?

Please explain how are you going to pick and choose which inalienable rights they will be denied once they have been released?

If we can't allow them to live as free citizens, then they should remain in prison!

And, don't forget our overpaid government "servants" have created enough laws now that almost everyone is probably guilty of something if they choose to go after you.

 

[shortround]

If they do the time and stay clean, then they should have every right of every other citizen (and only if they are citizens).

The right to vote.

The right to self defense.

The right to fish and hunt.

Hang a felony conviction around their necks for the rest of their lives and they will have no other option than to break more laws while trying to live a normal life.

Having said that, should a felon return to a life of crime after incarceration, then he should be put to death. Dead folks cannot commit more crimes.

 

[Ranger60]

I personally know at least one individual that made a mistake and will pay the rest of his life. Pay your debt and get rights restored, it should not be a lifetime punishment. That being said, screw up again and get a life sentence.

 

[Shooter McGavin]

I kinda see both sides of the coin here. Do the crime and do your time, well ok but what if the crime was committed with a firearm? Should that person be allowed to own a firearm again?

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics -
-Among nearly 300,000 prisoners released in 15 states in 1994, 67.5% were rearrested within 3 years. A study of prisoners released in 1983 estimated 62.5%
-Released prisoners with the highest rearrest rates were robbers (70.2%), burglars (74.0%), larcenists (74.6%), motor vehicle thieves (78.8%), those in prison for possessing or selling stolen property (77.4%), and those in prison for possessing, using, or selling illegal weapons (70.2%)

So it's safe to say that the majority of felons end up back in the slammer and are repeat offenders.
70.2% of those were incarcerated for possessing, using, or selling illegal weapons.
I wouldn't be on board with allowing violent offenders who used a firearm to commit a crime being allowed to legally own a firearm ever again. Call me bat$hit crazy but they should've considered the consequences of their actions.
As far as the voting issue is concerned, I'm on the fence about that. I have my doubts that very many of those individuals were carrying out their civil duty to vote in the first place. But consider, If you dangle a carrot in front of a jacka$$ he's sure to go that way.

 

[HillRider]

My problem was the timing of this. It's obviously a political distraction just like the whole equal wage thing.

 

[1slow01Z71]

Yeah because giving a guy who went to the pen for aggrivated assault an easier path to gun ownership. Screw that. You get a felony for any sort of violent crime you are a second class citizen and should stay there. They should not be left in the pen to be a burden on the tax payer, put their ass to work. If they cant hold down a job let em croak. Ive got no sympathy for people like that or people who arent willing to pull their own weight. F em.

 

[57K]

Hey, Holder can vote and I haven't seen too many better examples of a felon!