It's sure to be contentious in Florida, the question on whether rights should be restored to some types of felons after they serve their sentence and parole/probation.
Florida voters will decide this fall if 1.5 million felons will get their voting rights back.
Desmond Meade of Orlando and his group Floridians for Fair Democracy successfully gathered more than 799,000 certified signatures in their years-long petition drive, just a week before the deadline to reach the required total of about 766,000. On Tuesday, the state certified the initiative for the Nov. 6 ballot.
If approved by 60 percent of voters in the fall, the amendment would restore voting rights to Floridians with felony convictions after they fully complete their sentences, including parole or probation. Those convicted of murder or sexual offenses would continue to be barred from voting.
Seems fair enough to me, to exclude murderers and sexual crimes; I imagine that the controversy will be about some other violent crimes, whether they too should be excluded.
You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time...and those are pretty good odds.
Brett Maverick, gambler on TV (also used by Progressive leaders everywhere)
If someone can give me a rational argument in favor of a permanent loss of rights in the case of Martha Stewart, I am all ears.
One thing that the Soviet Union did that was smart was that after a set period, you got an automatic expungement for some crimes. We need that here. We have a lot of stupid laws, and even stupider fools that zealously enforce them. This has resulted in harm to the individual and harm to the country because it has created a permanent underclass.
The moments I was censored was the moment that I won. That's twice, now.Thanks jwbaker, et al, for my victories.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDtd2jNIwAU MUSAFAR!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI This is Water DavidW
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