04-18-2018, 04:37 PM
(04-18-2018, 04:03 PM)michaelsean Wrote: I have to admit the people who think it's OK to vote in prison confuses me a bit. I really didn't think that would be a big number. If we can take away someone's freedom I don't see any issue with taking away their voting rights. It's just part of the sentence, and when their sentence is through then I have no problem with them voting again.
I missed this, but another interesting part of this is that disenfranchisement is not considered punitive. Trop v. Dulles established that it is a state exercising their control over the franchise and not a punishment. This is why permanent disenfranchisement has stood to this point, because it could be considered cruel and unusual as permanent disenfranchisement would be disproportional in many instances were it considered to be a punishment.
I wish I had a good way to share these pdfs that I have for my research.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
