Suspiciousbrowsing@kbin.socialtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•given how little one vote matter, it seems to me that stripping felons of their right to vote is both petty and counterproductive if the point was to reform them into civic minded individuals ?
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1 year agoWhat is the rationale of not letting felons vote? I’m guessing a felon is something significant like murder or aggravated assault?
Because laws can be repealed ? The purpose was to make it binding so there was always a indigenous body, unlike all of the previous bodies that cease to exist with change in government. Granted none were legislated I don’t believe