Ellison Crafting (ex)Felon Voting Bill
Posted by Andy on November 18th, 2007
Rep. Keith Ellison (CAIR MN5) is trying to let felons, er ex-felons vote again.
Rep. Keith Ellison said Friday he’ll pursue legislation that would require states to let ex-felons vote in federal elections once they’re out of jail or prison, which would nullify laws in states across the country, including Minnesota.
Ellison, a freshman Minnesota Democrat, had introduced legislation to let ex-felons vote when he was in the Minnesota Legislature. Now he’s aiming for a bigger impact.
“Allowing felons to vote signals our value on redemption,” he said in an interview. “We should believe in second chances. We should believe in redemption.”
Actually, I believe we don’t allow felons to vote in order to protect the cherished right that voting is for those of us who didn’t commit a felony. It is not something to be given away, stolen, nor taken for granted. When a citizen goes out of their way to do harm that constitutes a felony, frankly they don’t deserve to vote.
Hey kids, if you want to be able to vote, don’t commit a felony. It is pretty simple.
The question, Ellison said, is whether people who serve their sentences can join their communities’ civic life.
“If what we want people to do is reintegrate, to rehabilitate,” he said, “I can think of very few things that are more public-spirited than voting.”
How about being a good citizen that doesn’t commit felonies? That’s a pretty good start for showing public-spirit.
A report by The Sentencing Project last year found that almost 4 million Americans who have completed their prison terms remain unable to vote, because laws in most states prevent them from doing so.
And that’s where Ellison a self-acknowledged progressive (read:socialist) wants to take away state’s rights. It should be left up to a state to decide if felons can or can not vote. But then again, Ellison is not one for allowing states to determine their futures for themselves.
Ellison has already introduced bills that would ban requiring photo IDs to vote in federal elections, and would require states to have same-day voter registration for federal elections
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Yep that’s our guy, trying to cheapen our vote to the point where it is no longer protected from fraud, corruption, and being stolen.
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