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Absolutely!! I don't know why we allow their RIGHTS get taken from them. If they are a US citizen over 18, the Constitution gives them the RIGHT to vote. You can revoke a privilege, like driving, but not a right.
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dalcoconoAn excerpt; "Both the original Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment specifically delegate to the states the right to determine the qualifications of voters and to disqualify anyone who participates “in rebellion, or other crime.” Congress cannot override the Constitution through legislation and has no authority to restore the voting rights of felons for federal elections. Link to original article; https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20190129/108824/HHRG-116-JU00-20190129-SD019.pdf
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Mostly, yes. The only problem is where long-term prisoners should vote. After years in prison, they have little tie to where they lived before incarceration. OTOH it is unfair to land the constituency holding the prison with hundreds of voters who don't want to be there and whose views may be sharply different from the community. But for prisoners with sentences of less than (say) 1 year, they should get standard absentee voting rights.
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Yes. It is a right, not a privilege. Then again, we do murder our inmates...
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Working in a prison I would say yes. Everybody has the right to vote.
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No all rights and privileges are lost.
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definitely not. they decided to break the laws of the politicians they would be voting for, so it doesn't make sense to allow them to vote.
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HELL no...
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Certainly NOT.
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nope.
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yes
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No - they're (mainly) in prison because they chose not to abide by society's rules and conventions, so why should they have a say in how that society is run?
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Yes, they should be allowed to vote... But only on whether they want bread and water or water and bread.
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What right would allow them?
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Prisoners? Yes. Felons? No.
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Not while incarcerated. They should be allowed to vote again once they are out and off of probation and parole though.
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