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Felons have their guns and voting rights taken away.
I also support the Right to Vote Amendment that would respect the right of every adult citizen of this nation to vote. (I would also lower the voting age to 16, btw.)
Eugene Debs ran for President, and gained a million votes, from his prison cell.
Due to felony disenfranchisement, Debs was not allowed to vote for himself in that election, because the qualifications for running for President were less stringent than the qualifications of voting for that same office.
Pocan and Ellison Announce Right to Vote Amendment
The text of the amendment is below:
SECTION 1: Every citizen of the United States, who is of legal voting age, shall have the fundamental right to vote in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides.
SECTION 2: Congress shall have the power to enforce and implement this article by appropriate legislation.
The text of the amendment is below:
SECTION 1: Every citizen of the United States, who is of legal voting age, shall have the fundamental right to vote in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides.
SECTION 2: Congress shall have the power to enforce and implement this article by appropriate legislation.
http://pocan.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/pocan-and-ellison-announce-right-to-vote-amendment
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