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planetc

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15. Second the motion to restore voting rights to ex-felons.
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 07:55 AM
Aug 2017

I don't personally see why someone who's been convicted, sentenced, and served his or her sentence doesn't automatically have their voting rights restored automatically. This is another example of governments acting as though it's their responsibility to save our souls, rather than simply keep our streets safe. People who've served their sentences should be resumed to have rehabilitated themselves, and we should welcome them back into the ranks of citizens. Denial of voting rights assumes that these people are tainted for life. It's a Puritan notion that needs to be trashed.

And I second your motion to remove lines from our voting lives. How about everybody votes by mail? The Post Office needs the business, we have a real live paper trail, and after we count the votes, we can audit the whole process if anything looks suspicious.

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