and if so is it permanant or for a set amount of time?
Do you agree if this is so and why?
2007-10-14 13:03:08 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Each state deals with it differently. This article includes a table of the rules by state: http://www.hrw.org/reports98/vote/usvot98o.htm
2007-10-14 13:07:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes you lose your right to vote. You can recieve your rights to vote back but the governer has to agree to it. You can only get them back after you have served your time out or you are completely off parole or probation. The only right that you can't get back is the right to carry a concealed weapon.
Also I don't agree with this because I am one of the convicted felons that have lost my rights. It sucks and I probably wouldn't vote even if I got them back. But I do want some of my other rights back. The biggest one being able to get a passport. I can't leave the damn country. I like leaving the states and now I can't.
Hope this helps!!
Good Luck!!
2007-10-14 13:10:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
In some states, yes they lose their right to vote.
I have heard that there is one or two states that felons still in prison serving time are allowed to vote. I haven't done any research to verify that claim so I don't know if it is true.
2007-10-15 00:42:07 · answer #3 · answered by Mario Savio 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-08 08:15:07 · answer #4 · answered by purifory 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on which state you live in. There are (i think) 8 states that do not allow ex-felons the right to vote. there are ways to earn this right back but i don't no how.
2007-10-14 13:09:00 · answer #5 · answered by little redwood 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually here in the state of Kansas you recieve your rights back after 10 years of being good.
2007-10-14 13:18:13 · answer #6 · answered by Shawnee 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1. Yes... in most states
2. Usually there are ways to get voting rights back in certain circumstances
3. Yes I agree... It is already far to easy for any idiot to vote.. one doesn't need to allow those that have proved their own stupidity and inability to make proper choices in life.
2007-10-14 13:33:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
If you are a convicted felon, then your in prison. They have no right to vote in CA
Not sure about discharged felons.
2007-10-14 13:29:58 · answer #8 · answered by catzgirl2005 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No they don't. If a person has paid their debt to society, why punish them more?
I just found this:
http://www.keithboykin.com/arch/2004/10/28/voting_rights_f
2007-10-14 13:06:55 · answer #9 · answered by Jason 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
NORMALLY YES. i agree with it. crime is not a civil behavior to be cherished or offered input to an election process.
2007-10-14 13:06:44 · answer #10 · answered by koalatcomics 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋