Democratic Party Boosted in WA; Jailed Felons can Vote

[Subotan]

Obviously, voting on driving laws is not driving. In other words, when we put someone in jail for grand theft it is so that they don't steal anymore, when we put a murderer in jail it is so that they don't kill anymore, and when we take away someone's license it is so that they don't drive dangerously anymore--not so that they can't participate in deciding who will be president.

I repeat:

Punishment is meant to have four aspects: protection (of the public), deterrence, retribution and rehabilitation. Denying prisoners the vote has no impact whatsoever on the first two, is a pretty petty way of enforcing the third. However, granting them the vote may have some positive effects for rehabilitation. Making prisoners feel like they're members of society can only have positive effects when they are released.

The only exception I can think of that's justified for taking away a prisoners right to vote, is if the crime they committed was specifically related to election fraud.

I didn't say why they vote overwhelmingly for Democrats, I just stated that they do, which is true enough.

Then in that case, we should ban all poor people from voting, as they are also statistically more likely to vote Democrat (As well as most prisoners being from poor backgrounds or black anyway.)

The 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18, was specifically based on the notion that it was unjust to draft citizens who could not vote.

And yet they still can't buy a beer in a bar.