Question: Should convicted felons be able to vote

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18. Let's assume for a second that every convicted felon actually did what they were convicted of...

Which is obviously not remotely close to reality. But let's just assume for a moment it's true.

What kind of crimes constitute felonies? In my state of Arizona, the possession of ANY quantity of marijuana is a felony. I have pot in my room as I type this. Are you going to tell me there's a meaningful difference in responsibility or ethics between myself and the sorry sap who got sent to prison for pot?

Hell no. So let's up the crime. Let's increase the seriousness. You will find that along the way each crime possesses two bodies of people. Those who got away with it and those who did not. The ones who got away with it retain all of their rights and we as ignorant individuals, or even as informed individuals, would fight for their right to vote. But the second they're convicted all of a sudden they lose that right?

What is so inherently disturbing about a felony conviction that makes an individual unfit to vote? The electorate is composed of all sorts of people who have committed all sorts of crimes along the way and gotten away with it. Do we question their right to vote? No.

So the removal of voting rights due to a felony conviction necessarily becomes arbitrary. And that is something I could never support.