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 serving their assigned sentence. One of the major questions in this controversy is: what exactly are the rights of ex-felons? Many of the supporters of a felon’s right to vote believe that
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Voting Rights for African Americans America‚ a country founded on freedom and liberty for all‚ has reached a major milestone in its rich history. This year‚ 1970‚ marks the hundred year anniversary of the ratification of the 15th Amendment. The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government and state government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizens race‚ color‚ or previous condition of servitude which was ratified February 3‚
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LEADERSHIP ACUMEN Issue 24 – December 2005 © Doug Macnamara & Banff Executive Leadership Inc. Where Does Vision Come From? The world will stand aside for those with a compelling Vision and a convincing plan for how to get there. Vision – or a picture of a future state that we are pursuing – is one of the most powerful tools in a leader’s toolkit. Far from being just consultant-speak‚ Vision is what moves us all forward – improving‚ adapting‚ progressing‚ in a world constantly in flux.
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Throughout political history‚ voting has been an important factor in elections. However‚ during the time of the civil rights movement‚ a lot of discrimination against people of African-American descent started forming and was showed through restrictions on voting. As a result‚ President Johnson passed the Voting Rights Act on August 6‚ 1965‚ which had strengthened the 15th amendment and “provided a nationwide prohibition against the denial or abridgment of the right to vote on the literacy tests
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WHEN IT RENEWED the Voting Rights Act in 1982‚ Congress the Bolden ruling the objections of the Reagan management. The 1982 changes make clear that it is unnecessary to prove that certain registration and voting practices have been established with intent. Instead‚ section 2 is violated if a court ends/decides that a voting practice has the effect of limiting the electoral influence of minorities‚ even if not by bias. A SECOND 1982 AMENDMENT allows people who are blind‚ disabled or unable to read
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entirely ineffectual. The murder of voting-rights activists in Philadelphia‚ Mississippi‚ gained national attention‚ along with numerous other acts of violence and terrorism. Finally‚ the unprovoked attack on March 7‚ 1965‚ by state troopers on peaceful marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma‚ Alabama‚ en route to the state capitol in Montgomery‚ persuaded the President and Congress to overcome Southern legislators’ resistance to effective voting rights legislation. President Johnson issued
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“Congress enacted the Voting Rights Act in 1965 after many years of protests and increasingly violent acts against African Americans. The Act made it a federal crime to deny a citizen the right to vote. It outlawed a number of tricks and schemes used for decades to disenfranchise African Americans.” “From the 1860s to the 1960s‚ African Americans routinely were denied the right to vote. This occurred mainly in the south‚ in the former Confederate states. But elsewhere‚ other minorities also suffered
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A federal court judge ruled that the law discriminated against minorities and violated the Voting Rights Act. It required Texas voters to present a government-issued photo ID like a driver’s license‚ a passport‚ or a military ID. The judge said that requiring these IDs were disenfranchising minorities because they had a more difficult time obtaining
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Many people will argue that prisoners should lose all voting rights in any election because they have infringed on the rights of other people. Many voters would agree with this reasoning because they believe that prisoners convicted of crimes and given a heavy sentence should not be able to have any voting rights. They believe prisoners should be punished harshly because they have jeopardized and have given up their own right to vote. This concept don’t consider prisoners who are put in jail for
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such as literacy test‚ that had traditionally been used to restrict voting by African Americans.” (Voting Rights) After the Civil War the 15th Amendment was signing 1870 stating that no man would be denied their right to vote based upon the color of their skin. In the 1960’s in the South non-violent voting right activist were subjected to being mistreated and abused. Legislation found ways to restrict African Americans from voting like poll tax‚ legation test‚ grandfather clause‚ and answering ridiculous
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