I think that's what they want us to think. I have seen allegations
that many of the names that were "scrubbed" were not even felons but
WERE disproportionately black.
Also, considering that blacks caught with crack are more often given
felony convictions than whites caught with crack (for instance
Larry C. Lyons wrote:
> Explain the 26th (allowing 18 year olds to vote) the 14th (involving
> voting within states) or the 13th (slavery) amendments then. And how
> these violate the constitution. They all prevent the states from doing
> certain things.
The Constitution is written on an exclusio
really. I seriously thing *someone* needs to do something about voting
conditions, and it seems as though the effort is being made to
trivialize this effort by emphasizing the felons' rights issues. Which
can be seen as a civil rights issue, btw -- look what happened in
Florida.
Dana
On Fri, 18
BTW, both of those links are at the National Constitution Center:
http://www.constitutioncenter.org
It's a non-partisan organization established by Congress (during
Reagan) to educate people about the Constitution.
-Kevin
On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 11:53:47 -0600, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot
Here is an article about the viewpoint that the Constitution has no
power to prevent States from barring felons:
http://tinyurl.com/6amch
Here is a counter-viewpoint that it is disenfranchisement:
http://tinyurl.com/4bxtn
My personal feelings a somewhat split on this issue. I like the idea
of kee
I love how the article emphasizes on the ex-felons voting yet barely
mention the 500 million dollars for states to improve their voting
systems/equipment and require paper receipts for voting, which to me
are the 2 most important things of this bill. Instead the media picks
up on holidays and ex-fe
Explain the 26th (allowing 18 year olds to vote) the 14th (involving
voting within states) or the 13th (slavery) amendments then. And how
these violate the constitution. They all prevent the states from doing
certain things.
larry
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:02:20 -0600, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECT
Where in the Constitution does it say that allowing people who have
served their time should not be allowed to vote. Or are you referring
to making the federal voting day a national holiday?
Neither seems to be unconstitutional, or are you just objecting to
Senator Clinton sponsorship?
I cannot s
Well, and if she would like to make a national change she needs to propose
it as an amendment, not via normal legislation.
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From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 10:21 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Hillary Pushes for new
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
fe
The gist is that the Constitution's authority is limited and can't
prevent the States from making this decision.
-Kevin
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:00:03 -0500, Jerry Johnson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What is not Constitutional about allow felons to vote?
>
> Jerry Johnson
> Web Developer
> Dolan
What is not Constitutional about allow felons to vote?
Jerry Johnson
Web Developer
Dolan Media Company
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/17/05 08:47PM >>>
http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=2965015
One of the things here that upsets me isn't the goal of the law, it is that
the law is not Constitu
http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=2965015
One of the things here that upsets me isn't the goal of the law, it is that
the law is not Constitutional.
I'm speaking of the law allowing individuals that have served their time to
vote. While I'm not against this, I am against wasting time t
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