>>>>>>>Florida has over 30,000 felons registered to vote, which is in violation of Florida law. The story says Ds outnumber Rs by 2 to 1. I'll bet that is new math. My experience says it's more like 100 to 1. More to follow. . . .
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>>>>>>>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbfelons1012sboct12,0,3762352.story
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>>>>>>I have to admit I'm a bit amazed that any state has a law that says a citizen can't vote. 10 states have this sort of law - astonishing.
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>>>>>I doubt the felons are regular citizens :-)
>>>>>Here their citizen rights (I don't know if that is the rights term) are canceled during the sentence. They have no right to vote.
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>>>>According to the article, about 25,000 of the 30,000 are ex-prisoners. Do you believe someone who was in prison should never be allowed to vote again? I thought the idea was to "repay your debt to society." When you get out isn't the debt supposed to be paid, or do you remain in a different form of prison?
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>>>No.
>>>After they go out from the prison they should have the full rights (if the court didn't say the opposite)
>>>But "Felon" for me is a guy who is in prison :-)
>>>If it is not there who knows if that guy is a felon or not?
>>>After he/she leave the prison they becomes regular citizens, isn't it?
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>>Actually a felon is somebody who has been convicted of a felony. It stays with you for life - short of donating a lot of money to Bill Clinton's library at a strategic moment or having committed your felony in the service of the Vice-President.
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>>It prevents being admitted to the bar, gun ownership and a number of other things.
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>A common question on job applications for larger companies is: "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" and then the "If yes, explain in detail."

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