Quote Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost View Post
[S]ome people are allowed by their state to vote for a president, whereas some, by dint of their geography and record are not?

If this is the case, it is surely unjust.
Weeeeeell, this is one of those inherent paradoxes of our system. You're right, of course, that a mixed system of franchise restriction creates deep unfairness at the Federal level when election time comes. However, we as a nation still cling to the notion of states' rights, and the Founders' vision of fifty little laboratories where different ideas are tried out.

What this means in practice is that we never achieve fairness and we never really get the states' rights sorted out. And yet it works somehow.

That said, lifetime restrictions on voting rights for criminals who have served their time make zero sense to this lemur. I can't even formulate a coherent argument in favor. It just seems like an idiot's idea of social engineering.