February 16, 2014

Holder Calls for Restoring Ex-Cons’ Voting Rights

            

     Democratic Attorney General Eric Holder is teaming up with Republican’s Rand Paul and Mike Lee to help give voting rights back to some former convicts. According to Holder, there are currently around 5.8 million people who do not have the right to vote because of a former crime they committed. In fact, Holder says that one out of every five black adults in Florida, Virginia, and Kentucky cannot vote because of past crimes. In my opinion, people that committed crimes but served their time in prison for their actions should be allowed to vote. I think that prison should be the only punishment that they receive. Also, after serving in prison, they are sometimes seen in a worse way by society. It also does not make sense to me what reason they have to take away their votes. I do not think that committing a crime would impact the way that they vote. Overall, I agree with Eric Holder, Rand Paul, and Mike Lee on this issue.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/11/holder-calls-for-restoring-ex-cons-voting-rights/