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Debate: Ex-felon right to vote
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+ | *'''[[Argument: Depriving ex-felons the right to vote is generally undemocratic]]''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9785-2004Aug17.html Kevin Krajick. "Why Can't Ex-Felons Vote?". Washington Post. August 18, 2004] - "To condemn millions to eternal political silence is to stab our democracy in the heart, and to provide cause for bitterness and alienation. Felons may face many other disabilities: They cannot sit on juries, serve as teachers, firefighters or -- often -- even barbers or plumbers. They cannot receive food stamps or live in public housing. Add to all this the knowledge that whatever they do, no matter how much they have changed, their voices will never be heard in the public arena." | ||
*'''Depriving ex-felons of the right to vote alienates certain minorities''' Ex-felons are disproportionately African American. A statistical study conducted in 2001 by Uggen and Manza found that 7 percent of African Americans in the United States were subjected to felony disenfranchisement laws, compared to 1 percent of all other racial groups. Therefore, laws preventing them from voting are intrinsically unfair. | *'''Depriving ex-felons of the right to vote alienates certain minorities''' Ex-felons are disproportionately African American. A statistical study conducted in 2001 by Uggen and Manza found that 7 percent of African Americans in the United States were subjected to felony disenfranchisement laws, compared to 1 percent of all other racial groups. Therefore, laws preventing them from voting are intrinsically unfair. |
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