Voting Rights and a Criminal Conviction

If you commit a felony offense, many states say you can’t be trusted to help choose leaders in this country. The line of reasoning used to enact felon disenfranchisement laws had to have been based in a feeling that felons could somehow turn the free world on its head if they were allowed to vote, or so it would seem. But some would argue the reasons were far more sinister. [Read more…]