Right , but minorities disproportionately make up "felons period" if u gathered the entire US prison population without respect to race, there would still be an unfair proportion of black people there. U can't discriminate against felons without effectively discriminating against black people
Hate to say it, but you are right. I think if we had honest media, we could inform our former felons who they are voting for. Now, with corporations buying up all the airtime all you get is propaganda. My points is, I want felons to know who they are voting for.
For certain people, the question has always been how to prevent certain groups from voting.You can't pass legislation saying that certain groups can't vote, like in the old days, but you can say felons can't vote and then target certain groups using other means. Same for voter ID laws. Fortunately, here is an example of a "win" in regards to the latter: Supreme Court won't restore North Carolina voter ID law
But if your goal is informed voters, logistically speaking u could start at your local community college or something. Felons are hardly the only or even the most uninformed regarding the candidates. Do you think your next door neighbors know "the issues"? Doubtful
Yea...........it's hard to explain. Someone who is free from someone who did 15 or 20 is a different story. However, we need to inform felons of our candidates. I mean the truth on how candidate a is a warmonger and etc.
Of course they should be allowed to vote and salute to VA Governor Terry McAuliffe for trying to do the right thing.
Felons aren't sitting in darkness while locked up. They get phone calls, letters, TV and radio with pre approved stations. Plus word of mouth stories from the COs. On average their level of information isn't likely to be drastically different than the average young adult.
I don't watch CNN because it's propaganda. What I watch is Al Jazeera, RT, The Young Turks, and VICE News. This is really my only concern is if they are being told the truth.
