I was one that voted for the amendment as I believe IF a felon does his time, he should have voting rights restored. That does not include ALL felons however AND completing one's sentence includes paying any fines or monies due period.
The solution has to be something in the middle....
I will equate this to felons owning guns...
I know plenty of good ol boys that sowed some wild oats in their youth, did their time and settled down... I don't see the value of denying the right to self defense (and hunt, a subsistence up here) to a man who ain't done nothing wrong for twenty years.
At some point there is an evident and demonstrable change. If that has indeed occurred, I think the full restoration of rights should be revisited.
And I think restitution is often wholly out of reach. I have a friend who got nailed for arson... Long story, but a single car garage full of junk was involved. The owner of the garage, wanting to maximize an insurance dividend, established the value of a garage full of junk at more than a quarter million dollars.
So restitution starts there. What the insurance paid out, and what they did not cover. Completely ridiculous figures - the 1 car garage itself as an instance, was valued at 80k... Then the hospital bills my friend incurred - He was a part of the conflagration. Then the cost of his trial and incarceration, and finally, the state assistance his wife and kids were on while he was doing time.
That is the full cost of 'restitution'.
And he is an ex-con sweeping up in a bar after hours. Because that's all he can get hired to do.
He will never, ever be able to pay that off.