Also a very important battle going on in my great state.
The dems pushed a Constitutional Amendment giving felons their voting rights back after serving their terms, with some exceptions. As a matter of honesty I voted for this as I was under the impression that any released felon trying to restore their right to vote owed at that point nothing to "society" but boy was I wrong. Now the GOP is pushing back hard to make sure all of a felons terms of release are met including court costs and other financial things. I was ignorantly assuming this was a given when it was passed but alas, that wasnt the game. Our awesome Governor has stopped it at this point but it will be pushed before 2020 time trust me....and you barely hear a word about it anymore
I have to say that I agree that the right to vote should be restored to those no longer incarcerated. I also believe that other rights recognized as God Given should be restored after incarceration.
I wholeheartedly agree, but speaking from a victims standpoint (which I am) I never had any of my medical bills nor lost wages paid back to me from the beating I sustained from 3 men because, and I quote, they were bored. The restitution was part of their sentence.
After they were released from jail they went on their merry ways( all except one, he was later found guilty of murder after beating a man to death the very next night after my beating down) and never a word was said.
So in my opinion, being released from jail does not always mean you have "served" your sentence.
Those guys should still have no right to vote IMO
Also a very important battle going on in my great state. The dems pushed a Constitutional Amendment giving felons their voting rights back after serving their terms, with some exceptions. As a matter of honesty I voted for this as I was under the impression that any released felon trying to restore their right to vote owed at that point nothing to "society" but boy was I wrong. Now the GOP is pushing back hard to make sure all of a felons terms of release are met including court costs and other financial things. I was ignorantly assuming this was a given when it was passed but alas, that wasnt the game. Our awesome Governor has stopped it at this point but it will be pushed before 2020 time trust me....and you barely hear a word about it anymore
I have to say that I agree that the right to vote should be restored to those no longer incarcerated. I also believe that other rights recognized as God Given should be restored after incarceration.
This is a matter of principle, not politics.
I wholeheartedly agree, but speaking from a victims standpoint (which I am) I never had any of my medical bills nor lost wages paid back to me from the beating I sustained from 3 men because, and I quote, they were bored. The restitution was part of their sentence. After they were released from jail they went on their merry ways( all except one, he was later found guilty of murder after beating a man to death the very next night after my beating down) and never a word was said. So in my opinion, being released from jail does not always mean you have "served" your sentence. Those guys should still have no right to vote IMO