Restore voting rights to ex-felons
Good law enforcement involves not only preventing and solving crimes but also helping those who have been released from prison return to society as law-abiding citizens. Full Story »
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The article puts forward some good informed opinion from a big city police chief and a county sheriff nearby. To nit-pick a bit, a study showing "former offenders who vote are 50% less likely to commit new crimes than those who don't vote" may be showing correlation, but not necessarily cause and effect. Interesting none-the-less.
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Particularly of interests since Kerlikowske has been said to be nominee for national "drug czar." It seems to me that denying voting rights until a usurious fee is paid sounds very much like a poll tax, which is illegal. Also, kudos to Kohl-Welles and Darneille in the legislature.