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Should convicted criminals have the right to vote?

In April 2016, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe issued an executive order which restored voting rights to more than 200,000 convicted felons living in the state. The order overturned the state’s practice of felony disenfranchisement, which excludes people from voting who have been convicted of a criminal defense. The 14th amendment of the United States prohibits citizens from voting who have participated in a “rebellion, or other crime” but allows states to determine which crimes qualify for voter disenfranchisement. In the U.S. approximately 5.8 million people are inelig…  

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 @9GLQ49SPopulist from Texas  answered…2yrs2Y

All citizens deserve the right to vote, regardless of conviction or not. We should allow even criminals charged with the death penalty to be given a right to vote before execution as their final word and their deaths may not be in vain.

 @9B2Q855Populist from Kansas  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, as long as they have sufficient access to information on the current national/local status of different issues.

 @947SRC4Populist from Wisconsin  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes and No, because if they can vote and pay taxes they should be able to buy guns but if they can't vote then they should not have to pay taxes.

 @8YC8SRMPopulist from California  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, depends on the severity of the crime and the number of offenses.

 @8VQWKLNPopulist from California  answered…4yrs4Y

If you have committed serious felonies, yous should lose your right to vote for at least presidential 3 elections

 @8PWFGXQPopulist from Oregon  answered…4yrs4Y

No, they should pass probation and stop being criminals before getting their rights back

 @8VC7WDNPopulist from North Carolina  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, but only after they have proven record of rehabilitation into a productive lifestyle can they be given back to the right to vote.

 @8VC7WDNPopulist from North Carolina  answered…4yrs4Y

No, but only after rehabiltation into a productive lifestyle can they be given back to the right to vote.

 @8VC7WDNPopulist from North Carolina  answered…4yrs4Y

Only after rehabiltation into a productive lifestyle can they be given back to the right to vote.

 @8VC7WDNPopulist from North Carolina  answered…4yrs4Y

No, but only after they have proven record of rehabiltation into a productive lifestyle can they be given back to the right to vote.

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