First, my original response was to jagfan, who said,"as far as I am concerned if you are a felon you should lose the right to vote." Clearly that is a personal sentiment that is not consistent with the practice of 37 states.
Second, you stated, "I figure once a felon never a vote again." That is also a personal opinion not consistent with the law. Once again, Florida does have an appeal process to restore the vote to a felon, but it is so onerous as to be virtually non-existent. So Florida does "effectively" deny the vote to felons, but if you choose to believe the appeal process does not technically exist, you would be wrong.
Third, whose definition of felon are you operating on? Your own personal definition? Florida state definition, which illegally includes people who moved to Florida after serving their time elsewhere? Or the Database Technologies definition, which included thousands who had never been convicted of any crime, let alone a felony? |
