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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRoy Moore sounding alarm about felons registering to vote
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I went to the sourced story and there's nothing illegal about this:
For generations, most Alabamians convicted of a felony were barred from ever voting in the state again, but the Definition of Moral Turpitude Act, a new law passed by the state Legislature and signed by Gov. Kay Ivey in May, cleared the way for thousands of felons to restore their voting rights.
The law lists several dozen felony convictions that are considered crimes "of moral turpitude," which means that anyone convicted of one of them loses the right to vote; other felons are now eligible to restore that right. Previously, the list of crimes that some registrars considered to be "of moral turpitude" was not clearly defined, and many felons simply believed they could never regain the franchise.
LOL -- Is Roy jealous? Doesn't he have the pedophile vote locked up?
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Roy Moore sounding alarm about felons registering to vote (Original Post)
CatWoman
Nov 2017
OP
The felons supposedly paid there debt to society. Moore still needs to be punished.
Sneederbunk
Nov 2017
#11
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)1. The fascist can only win by demonizing the minority.
standingtall
(2,785 posts)2. Coded racism
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)3. Pssst, black folks. n/m
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)9. Ok that's funny . .
Although it's true.
Apparently Moore got wind that Jones may pull it out!
Gothmog
(145,291 posts)4. Alabama is still making it hard for felons to register to vote
ProfessorGAC
(65,058 posts)5. He Must Have Registered
Just because he wasn't arrested doesn't mean he didn't commit a felony.
unblock
(52,243 posts)6. personally i think only corrupt governments disenfranchise people.
the power to choose an electorate is a power no government should ever have.
it's a recipe for corruption, and statistics bear that out.
all current and former felons should be allowed to vote. if you're an american and you're at least 18 years old, you get to vote.
period.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)7. Oh no! Citizens legally voting!
That's gotta be bad news for old Roy.
no_hypocrisy
(46,117 posts)8. You mean that felons that might have been convicted by Judge Roy Moore
may not vote for him? Impossible!
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)10. LOL
Sneederbunk
(14,291 posts)11. The felons supposedly paid there debt to society. Moore still needs to be punished.
Iggo
(47,558 posts)12. He knows that fucking children is a felony, right?