re: #101 Anymouse 🌹

One issue concerning “currently convicted serving a sentence”: You can vote (even from jail) if you are serving a misdemeanour sentence. (Frequently get-out-the-vote drives include jails.)

As far as Felony convictions go, that depends on the state, but Felonies are often used to disenfranchise particular groups (cough cough African-Americans). Convicted Felons are still subject to all the laws of the land, including things like taxation.

Change that to ‘currently convicted of a felony, serving a sentence’ then.

My argument would be that a convicted felon serving time, one way or another, has forfeited their right to vote, as they’ve forfeited their right to their liberty, WHILE SERVING THEIR SENTENCE.

Once that’s done, and ‘debt to society’ discharged, I can’t see a reasonable argument for denying them the franchise. You’ve paid your debt to society, or you haven’t.