What are the top three issues should the we talk about moving forward?

[pat_k]

5. And this must include...

... restoring the right to vote to felons.

About 4 million nationwide (not a trivial number) are denied the right to vote by virtue of a past felony conviction. With the mass incarceration of people who lack the resources to negotiate our "justice" system, which includes a staggering proportion of African American men, the number of disenfranchised is intolerable. In some states, like Alabama and Mississippi, about 30% of the AA male population are disenfranchised.

There are so many things that need to be addressed, but at the top of my list is putting an end to lines. The systematic under allocation of resources in "certain areas" must be ended. I'm not sure how to go about it, but I think there need to be stiff penalties for jurisdictions that have long waits. Penalties big enough to make SOS's think twice about cutting resources to save money.