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gollygee

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1. The subject line is misleading

Reply to laureloak (Original post)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 09:01 AM

Sep 2012

He was fined for voter registration fraud - registering when he knew he was inelgible. Which is illegal and a reasonable thing to fine over.

I do however agree that felons should be able to vote, once they've "repayed their debt to society". It doesn't seem reasonable to jail someone for smoking marijuana at 20 and then have them still unable to vote at 50. It feels more like voter suppression than anything else.

So I assume this person was protesting that? Fair enough, but I still felt misled by the article.

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Punishment for Registering to Vote? [View all] laureloak Sep 2012 OP

The subject line is misleading gollygee Sep 2012 #1

if you go to jail MrDiaz Sep 2012 #2

As long as you don't have enough to make it a felony gollygee Sep 2012 #3

Each state is different regarding felons being eligible to vote. LiberalFighter Sep 2012 #4