Well, and if she would like to make a national change she needs to propose it as an amendment, not via normal legislation.
-----Original Message----- From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 10:21 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Hillary Pushes for new voting laws Jerry Johnson wrote: > What is not Constitutional about allow felons to vote? Voting laws are up to the individual states, as mentioned in this article- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9785-2004Aug17.html "Under various state laws, they are barred from voting because they have felony records. This includes not just prison inmates (48 states), parolees (33 states) and probationers (29 states)..." Personally it's a states-rights issue and if Mrs. Clinton wants to make a change she can push for it in New York. That, however, is a horse of a different color. Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX with Flash Pro from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=51 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:147624 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
