Denying the vote to people convicted of felonies: Just or unjust?
Reply(1) (hafakot | Adobe Stock) For a 12th year in a row, the U.S. House and Senate will be considering the Democracy Restoration Act, legislation that would restore the right to vote in federal elections to all Americans who have been convicted of felonies but have completed their sentences of imprisonment. Support for re-visiting the longstanding policy of "felon disenfranchisement" has been growing across the country. In the past year, jurisdictions including California, Iowa, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C., all took action to reduce or remove denial of the vote to people convicted of f...