Voting rights advocates say it’s time to give convicted inmates the chance to vote – Chicago Sun-Times*

Illinois Rep. LaShawn Ford, who has for years championed legislation to restore voting rights to convicts currently behind bars, said the time may finally be right to get it passed — when the General Assembly is back in session in November. His team says approximately 30,000 Illinois prison inmates were ineligible to vote in this week’s election.
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Truth Seeker
1 year ago

They just can’t find themselves enough legitimate voters to win an election honestly.

Let's Go Brandon
1 year ago

Ironic that voting rights advocates most often have the same worldview as communists. Coincidence?

debtsor
1 year ago

It makes little sense to have felons, with little to no access to candidate information, to be allowed to vote. The reality is that this is designed for fraud. The convicts won’t be voting. Someone in the jail will be filling out the ballots for them and counting them as D votes. These prisons will have 110% turnout and no one will want to investigate or admit the irregularities. This is the end of Democracy.

Last edited 1 year ago by debtsor
Freddy
1 year ago

Why not? Dead people already vote. Why not just have drop boxes for those just driving thru the state and for convenience add I-PASS voting.

Lion's Choice
1 year ago

In Illinois, the Democrats prioritize the following people ahead of YOU:

— criminals

— illegal aliens

— sexual deviants

— union racketeers

— welfare cheats

— BLM looters/rioters/arsonists

— pay-to-play crooked insiders

Pat S.
1 year ago
Reply to  Lion's Choice

Unfortunately quite accurate.

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