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My teacher's son is a convicted felon. The only thing he did to get time in prison is hit a button
that said send because the higher-ups asked him to do so. They forged a government signature
without his knowledge in order to get more money from the government. Thinking he was doing the
right thing, he is the one that faxed the paper, and is now sitting in prison, a convicted felon.
He is a perfectly good guy, and they took advantage of that to have him serving time for their
crimes. The point is, when we take away all voting rights to felons, we are taking away rights to
people that don't deserve to have their rights taken away, like my friend. When we hear the term
convicted felon, we often generalize them to be murders or rapists. This usually isn't the case.
They are still required to follow our laws, they are still required to comply with our government,
they still pay taxes, they should still have the right to vote. |
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 Ryan  08 Dec 2008 14:52
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Otherwise the government could make felonies that targeted a specific political party and
effectively end that party's political prominence. |
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Felons should be allowed to vote so that policy makers are inclined to be accountable when it comes
to prisons and prisoner care. The abuses that occur in U.S. Prisons goes on because prisoners are
so dehumanized and disenfranchised. They have little if any advocacy. Prisoners become victims of
the crimes of a system that is all about politics and money. Politicians want to look tough on
crime to the point of nonsense, and everyone wants to save money and so rationalize treating humans
like animals. Having the vote might make policy makers think twice about these disenfranchised
people. The irony is so many politicians are criminals in one way or another themselves. |
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It sounds fair to me that in a democracy every adult citizen gets to vote. |
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I think it is right for them to vote and in Great Britain that is now the case. When the were not
allowed the vote I think it was not so much part of punishment but loss of privileges.
In Britain now a-days there is no such thing as loss of privileges... They even let bank robbers out
to rob banks. |
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I do ld to, i think they should if they have served their time. |
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I agree, though not for the constitution reason.
In western democracies it is vital that we start from the standpoint of giving everyone the vote. We
then withdraw this privilege from only one group of people - those who we don't believe capable of
using it. This is why the young can't vote, or the insane. With a few honourable exceptions which
are insignificant due to their size (Peers in the House of Lords in the UK for example, can't vote)
this is the only reason we have withdrawn the right to vote. The only abuse of this system is by
taking away the right of prisoners to vote. We have no reason to assume they are not of sane mind,
so we should allow them to vote.
I defy anyone to come up with a substantial group who are prevented from voting for a reason other
than mental capacity than prisoners. It is my belief that they do not exist, so felons should be
allowed to vote in order to complete the logic of the system.
(That was all a bit long-winded, sorry) |
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Gradually, society is being corrupted not by the immoral thoughts of ambitious men but by the
so-called "nice-guys" who are fighting to make the world "a better place".
However, slowly, what is wrong is being less punsihed. The death sentence has been removed in a
number of countries, the sentences for felons are becoming less harsh and people are simply issued
warnings for immense misconducts.
This is simply not assisting the world's advancement though. World peace is not a pragmatic thing
and attempting to achieve this goal is merely excacerbating the situation.
The proposal you have made, if it goes through, will have major negative repurcussions that you may
not recognise; everything appears perfect in theory but most things never have the success they were
intended to have.
And we cannot afford a rise in crimes as offenders obtain more rights and priveleges. They enjoy
free food, shelter and entertainment while working, law-abiding citizens must worry every day about
the financial crisis. This is not fair. The costs for breaking the law are decreasing drastically
and this should not be happening if people want crimes to stop. |
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When one is in prison, they lose their rights. That includes their right to vote. They have enough
creature comforts that make me angry enough, without giving them the right that we, as taxpayers and
law abiding citizens have. |
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