20 November 2013 Should felons be allowed to vote? As a college student who does not have a felony on their record and is not familiar with the extremities of the justice system and voting laws I have taken is upon myself to do some reasearch on the positive and negatives of having voting rights. I have also taken into consideration many other peoples point of views from the internet and from this I have formed the opinion that felons should in fact have the right to vote. This might not be
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Should prisoners have the right to vote? In the US not all states have the same laws. Depending on the states law‚ the person with a felony or misdemeanor can or cannot vote. It also depends what type of felony the person has committed. The right to vote is privilege that we all get‚ but in some states it can be taken away permanently. “Felon voting has not been regulated federally although some argue that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act can be applied to felon disenfranchisement and that Congress
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population is a convicted felon. Forty-eight of fifty states restrict these criminals’ voting rights; that is the equivalent to millions of unheard voices. Even though many say that offenders should not be trusted with political matters‚ they are still human beings and they deserve their unalienable rights. They are human beings‚ regardless of the crime they have committed and like everyone else‚ they deserve to improve their lifestyle. For this reason‚ and many others‚ the US government should remove voting
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The recent growth of prepared meals Many people do not pay much attention to the problem of food consumption‚ nor do they watch the quality of food they eat regularly. Consumers have a vague idea about the process of production of food and where the food actually comes from. Instead‚ our society is stuck on major producers of processed and fast food. Eating is a part of our daily life‚ but if consumers are consuming a lot of the unhealthy foods such as sugars‚ refined processed foods‚ caffeine‚
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responsibility to maintaining their democracy and civil rights. They must understand they are fortunate to give their opinion on how the country is being run.While others have limited rights to be heard as an individual.This country had worked its way through a lot of sorrows to create our democracy what it is today. Citizens today diminish the suffer and sacrifices of their ancestor to grant them the right to vote. They believe the ability to vote is a privilege granted by the government to either participate
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In the United States‚ we have the privilege to vote. This privilege was given to us through the constitution and its amendments. Today‚ every citizen of the United States has the right to vote. When the Declaration of Independence was signed‚ the right to vote was limited exclusively for white protestant men who owned property. In 1792‚ New Hampshire was the first state that discarded the property requirement to vote. Maryland became the last state to eliminate a religious restriction on voting.
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for immigrants who are not citizens to vote in state and federal elections. These violations effectively exclude legitimate voters whose votes are diluted‚ and they must be shortened. Voting is a notorious representation in American community life. Besides standing for public office‚ American citizens don’t have any more civic obligations than those that are derived from their ability and responsibility to help shape the community policy. The privilege to vote is an essential vehicle for exercising
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“Felons Rights of the Voting Process “ Nearly six million American citizens are unable to vote due to a past criminal conviction . More than 2 percent of the adult populationis banned from voting because of a felony conviction .(nytimes.com) Convicted felons should be able to vote after they have served their time in jail because they have paid their debt to society‚ and everyone makes mistakes which makes no one perfect . There is a lot downhill that is going on and a violation of human
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a felony is a big deal. Felons have been convicted of a crime including‚ or in the same category as murder‚ rape‚ arson‚ and burglary. It is because of this that many believe that felons do not deserve the right to vote. Those against felons voting believe that those convicted of crime have shown bad-judgment‚ which proves them unfit to make good decisions‚ especially choosing the nation’s leaders (“ProCon.org”). There are also those however‚ that believe that felons have paid enough of a price by
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08The Right to Vote Throughout history‚ humans are given many rights‚ for instance‚ the freedom of speech‚ religion‚ and many more. But one that stuck out to me lately and recently took an influence on my life was the right to vote. I did indeed vote because this past election was a historic election and also because later on down the road‚ I didn’t want to be the one complaining about something that I could have changed or helped by voting. Ever since the United States became independent‚ people
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