Who believes that prisoners should have the right to vote?

Prisoners not only can not vote but in most states a conviction leads to lifetime disenfranchisement. Is it fair to prevent citizens who live and work in our communities from voting because they committed a crime in their past?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THEY SHOULDNTTTT

In my country they can vote. And I completely disagree with it. Voting should be a priviledge which only honest citizens and adults should be entitled to.

That being said, if you have done your time then that should mean that you can vote again.

I think all prisons should be nominally grouped together and classed as one constituency, then be given the right to vote between say three candidates: . (a) an austerity candidate who campaigns to reduce the costs of running the prisons by scrapping unnecessary luxuries like televisions and other furniture; . (b) a moderate candidate who campaigns for the prisoners right to work longer hours in order to earn the money to buy luxuries like food, or heating for their cells; . (c) an authoritarian candidate who is big on corporal punishment for petty crimes and capital punishment for more serious crimes. .

– Best wishes - Majikthise. .

Personally I think some should and others shouldnt. Some that have created serious crimes shouldnt. But others who went to ja!l because of something stupid and are serving a year or two should be allowed. Or I think those who are getting out early because of good behavior. People make mistakes. Sometimes they just dont think about it at the time that what they are doing might mess up their life, but some change after going to Ja!l, and sadly others dont.

The Moderate Candidate for Prisons .

Not me. That right should be removed when they committed their crime.

i agree with you a million percent!

agreed sista!

I think it should depend on what they did. And it shouldn’t always be lifetime. I think that someone who has been doing some irresponsible things like buying illegal substances in their youth and who has been in prison for a while can still become a good person later on. Such a person could, maybe, be banned from voting for 5 to 10 years or so. Maybe they’ll be good citizens and have a family then. If they commit another crime they’ll get banned longer.

I do not think that a killer, a rapist or anyone else who committed a violence crime sould ever be able to vote again. A defrauder who betrayed the tax bureau should not be able to vote either, because he basically betrayed everyone in the state.

I think it depends on the crime…If they mvrdered somebody then heck no. But if they just stole something expensive enough to land them in jail like a bracelet that cost like $2000 I think they should be allowed once they’re out.

yh but then they would have to sort through EVERY crim and that would be pretty time concuming…. so it would have to be yes or no :\

fine. no.