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Revelation34 posted...

The only time a prisoner shouldn't be allowed to vote is if they're in jail for some kind of voting fraud

1) Prisoners yield certain rights when convicted, and there's strong precedent for not allowing prisoners to vote. There are over a hundred democracies in the world and only 10-15 allow prisoners to vote.

2) If you're going to open the floor, why discriminate against people convicted of voter fraud? That makes no sense, especially considering that it would absurdly difficult to do it in prison and, even if they had done it in prison, the impact is far greater than the one vote you'd allot them.

(Also I'm assuming by "felons" you were excluding those currently imprisoned for a felony.)

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