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Obama supporters taking homeless to vote
| Mon, 10-06-2008 - 10:25am |
Is anyone else confused as to how these homeless people are able to register to vote when they don't have any ID?

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Yes, I do. I believe in redemption, and that, in part, is a goal of our penal system. I think that goal has been perverted, sadly. Still, I think that some felons should be given back their right to vote after they have served their time. Which felons? I think that depends on the crime committed. I also think it should be incumbent on the felon to restore his or her voting rights, just as it's incumbent upon everyone to register to vote.
I don't understand why a felon voting would take away my honor or diminish my experience in any way. My vote is my vote -- no matter who else votes.
Laura
So they have been convicted, served their time, been released but you want to continue to punish them because you don't think they are entitled to "feel good" on election day?
I'm guessing you aren't a Christian?
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What could that possibly mean?
I don't have a problem with anyone who wants to vote legally exercising their right to vote. I do have a problem with dead people voting, dogs voting, people voting more than once. I also have a problem with people driving people to vote only if they will vote a particular way. I think if an organization or person is willing to drive people to vote it should be done on a non-partisan basis. People shouldn't be asked to sell their vote for a ride to the polls. There's also a history of people being asked to sell their vote for cash and for cigarettes, I have a problem with that too. It sounds like I have a lot of problems ;).
I'm not actually sure how I feel about laws being changed so felons can vote (legally). I guess it would depend on the severity of the crime they committed.
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Absolutely not. I'm just clarifying the types of things I'm opposed to. There are apparently some people somewhere who aren't opposed to those things because they happen. I do think we need to have the same voting regulations in every state and everyone should have to show a picture ID in order to vote.
I agree it's possible for some felons to redeem themselves but how do you decide who is redeemed and who isn't. Someone like Ayers, (whom I know was not convicted but let's just pretend he was for a minute) who is openly not sorry for their crime and says that they should have done more bombings and would do it again should not have the right to vote. IMO
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They not only don't have to have ID, they don't have to have a permanent address.
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