Convicted Felons To Vote?
David V. Loewe, Jr
"In a move that could see Washington inmates voting from prison, a
federal appeals court has thrown out the state's restrictions on felon
voting.
Under state law, residents convicted of a felony currently lose the
right to vote until they are released from custody and off of Department
of Corrections supervision. Tuesday's split ruling by a 9th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals panel puts those restrictions in doubt, as two of three
judges reviewing the voting rights lawsuit found that the state
restrictions unfairly penalize minorities."
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Paul Ciszek
In article <ndf9k5d03b5biqkue...@4ax.com>,
David V. Loewe, Jr <dave...@charter.net> wrote:
>http://www.seattlepi.com/local/413851_vote05.html
>
>"In a move that could see Washington inmates voting from prison, a
>federal appeals court has thrown out the state's restrictions on felon
>voting.
>
>Under state law, residents convicted of a felony currently lose the
>right to vote until they are released from custody and off of Department
>of Corrections supervision. Tuesday's split ruling by a 9th U.S. Circuit
>Court of Appeals panel puts those restrictions in doubt, as two of three
>judges reviewing the voting rights lawsuit found that the state
>restrictions unfairly penalize minorities."
So what happens when a large prison in a rural county results in the
convicted felons having a voting majority?
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cryptoguy
> In article <ndf9k5d03b5biqkuet21afbdpi0cr4j...@4ax.com>,
> David V. Loewe, Jr <davelo...@charter.net> wrote:
>
> >http://www.seattlepi.com/local/413851_vote05.html
>
> >"In a move that could see Washington inmates voting from prison, a
> >federal appeals court has thrown out the state's restrictions on felon
> >voting.
>
> >Under state law, residents convicted of a felony currently lose the
> >right to vote until they are released from custody and off of Department
> >of Corrections supervision. Tuesday's split ruling by a 9th U.S. Circuit
> >Court of Appeals panel puts those restrictions in doubt, as two of three
> >judges reviewing the voting rights lawsuit found that the state
> >restrictions unfairly penalize minorities."
>
> So what happens when a large prison in a rural county results in the
> convicted felons having a voting majority?
The more interesting question is why we have so many prisoners. The US
has the highest incarceration rate in the world, 5x that of Britain,
20% higher than Russia. and twice that of Puerto Rico.
pt
Kip Williams
> In article<ndf9k5d03b5biqkue...@4ax.com>,
> David V. Loewe, Jr<dave...@charter.net> wrote:
>> http://www.seattlepi.com/local/413851_vote05.html
>>
>> "In a move that could see Washington inmates voting from prison, a
>> federal appeals court has thrown out the state's restrictions on felon
>> voting.
>>
>> Under state law, residents convicted of a felony currently lose the
>> right to vote until they are released from custody and off of Department
>> of Corrections supervision. Tuesday's split ruling by a 9th U.S. Circuit
>> Court of Appeals panel puts those restrictions in doubt, as two of three
>> judges reviewing the voting rights lawsuit found that the state
>> restrictions unfairly penalize minorities."
>
> So what happens when a large prison in a rural county results in the
> convicted felons having a voting majority?
Files for everybody!
Kip W
Keith F. Lynch
> nos...@nospam.com (Paul Ciszek) wrote:
>> David V. Loewe, Jr <dave...@charter.net> wrote:
>>> http://www.seattlepi.com/local/413851_vote05.html
Interesting. Too bad the 9th Circuit has no jurisdiction here
in Virginia.
>> So what happens when a large prison in a rural county results in
>> the convicted felons having a voting majority?
Probably prisoners would be counted as living where they were when
arrested. Too bad, because I think it would serve a county right
for having more prisoners than free people if the prisoners were to
politically take over the county.
> The more interesting question is why we have so many prisoners.
> The US has the highest incarceration rate in the world, 5x that of
> Britain, 20% higher than Russia. and twice that of Puerto Rico.
Maybe because of the high false conviction rate. At least it would be
nice to think it isn't equally high everywhere.
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