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Not a fan of Terry McAuliffe. But good on him for fighting Jim Crow. Sad we still have to fight this long ago dead man's evil doings.
Virginia governor enables 200,000 felons to vote in November
More than 200,000 convicted felons will be able to cast ballots in the swing state of Virginia in November under a sweeping executive order Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Friday.
The Democrat said restoring the rights of former felons to vote and run for office will help undo the state's long history of trying to prevent African-Americans from fully participating in our democracy.
"This is the essence of our democracy and any effort to dilute that fundamental principle diminishes it, folks, for all of us," McAuliffe said on the steps of Virginia's Capitol, before a crowd of more than 100 people that included many ex-felons. Left-leaning advocacy groups were there as well, handing out voter registration forms.
Democrats pandering by scraping the bottom of tbe barrel? No ?!
There's a thread on this already and yes, the Democrats need all the help they can get.
With that said, no one should be under the illusion that if the majority of convicted felons supported the GOP, MCauliffe would'nt have bothered.
Not a fan of Terry McAuliffe. But good on him for fighting Jim Crow. Sad we still have to fight this long ago dead man's evil doings.
Virginia governor enables 200,000 felons to vote in November
More than 200,000 convicted felons will be able to cast ballots in the swing state of Virginia in November under a sweeping executive order Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Friday.
The Democrat said restoring the rights of former felons to vote and run for office will help undo the state's long history of trying to prevent African-Americans from fully participating in our democracy.
"This is the essence of our democracy and any effort to dilute that fundamental principle diminishes it, folks, for all of us," McAuliffe said on the steps of Virginia's Capitol, before a crowd of more than 100 people that included many ex-felons. Left-leaning advocacy groups were there as well, handing out voter registration forms.
He knows they will be loyal democrats. That's all that matters to him.
He is only a placeholder hoping for a cabinet slot in Hillary's administration.
It won't make any difference this November because Trump is demographically unelectable in the general election regardless. However, in future elections assuming the Republicans run a credible candidate, it could make a difference.
I think felons should be able to vote, but I am under no illusions that this was done for anything other than political reasons.
It won't make any difference this November because Trump is demographically unelectable in the general election regardless. However, in future elections assuming the Republicans run a credible candidate, it could make a difference.
I think felons should be able to vote, but I am under no illusions that this was done for anything other than political reasons.
So Hillary's unelectable and so is Trump.
Someone has to win the General so who's it going to be ??
Democrats pandering by scraping the bottom of tbe barrel? No ?!
There's a thread on this already and yes, the Democrats need all the help they can get.
With that said, no one should be under the illusion that if the majority of convicted felons supported the GOP, MCauliffe would'nt have bothered.
So Hillary's unelectable and so is Trump.
Someone has to win the General so who's it going to be ??
Do you think that a conviction should disenfranchise you for life? What about a dishonourable discharge, should that remove your right to vote?
So Hillary's unelectable and so is Trump.
Someone has to win the General so who's it going to be ??
Not a fan of Terry McAuliffe. But good on him for fighting Jim Crow. Sad we still have to fight this long ago dead man's evil doings.
Virginia governor enables 200,000 felons to vote in November
More than 200,000 convicted felons will be able to cast ballots in the swing state of Virginia in November under a sweeping executive order Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Friday.
The Democrat said restoring the rights of former felons to vote and run for office will help undo the state's long history of trying to prevent African-Americans from fully participating in our democracy.
"This is the essence of our democracy and any effort to dilute that fundamental principle diminishes it, folks, for all of us," McAuliffe said on the steps of Virginia's Capitol, before a crowd of more than 100 people that included many ex-felons. Left-leaning advocacy groups were there as well, handing out voter registration forms.
I've never been entirely clear on the reason for why even current felons can't vote. They're still American, and it's not like their act of voting is going to hurt anybody else.
Still, that they can vote once they've served out their sentence is certainly a step in the right direction.
Democrats pandering by scraping the bottom of tbe barrel? No ?!
There's a thread on this already and yes, the Democrats need all the help they can get.
With that said, no one should be under the illusion that if the majority of convicted felons supported the GOP, MCauliffe would'nt have bothered.
I'm of the same opinion. I think incarcerated folks should still be able to vote. We need to stop using our jails as an "out of sight out of mind" system. That's precisely why prisons make people worse rather than better.
I suspect that the reason is entirely punitive, as I certainly can't see any practical reason for it. I see prison as serving two separate functions which are not necessarily mutually exclusive: 1)Rehabilitation, and 2)Quarantining them from society because they don't play well with others. I just don't see how taking away their right to vote factors into either of those functions.
So Hillary's unelectable and so is Trump.
Someone has to win the General so who's it going to be ??
He knows they will be loyal democrats. That's all that matters to him.
He is only a placeholder hoping for a cabinet slot in Hillary's administration.
He knows they will be loyal democrats. That's all that matters to him.
He is only a placeholder hoping for a cabinet slot in Hillary's administration.
When Hillary Clinton is elected the Republicans will have only themselves to blame. I mean, really, Donald Trump is the best the GOP, the party of Lincoln, could come up with?
It's a pattern- the Republicans nominate an unelectable candidate an then complain that the American electorate voted for a Democrat.
Do you think that a conviction should disenfranchise you for life? What about a dishonourable discharge, should that remove your right to vote?
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