I think there should be a higher standard in certain aspects of our lives and there are instances where some things are too convenient. I want every citizen to vote. People in prison should vote. It is a violation of their human right, to stop them.
@bigheadfred @Cyber LibertyI have not read your state election laws, but it appears you are saying in your state, people in prison cannot vote. That is the same as Texas, to wit:
There is a difference in "jail" and "prison". People in "jail" are normally not yet guilty of a crime. Since they are not "guilty" yet, they can vote absentee.
Those in prison have been proven guilty of a crime, and cannot vote. Once they are out, freely out or under probation, they can vote.
Case in point:
We had two bad guys running the
Democrat party in our county. They were not the Dem Chairman of the county, that person was just a place holder for the bad guys. One year one of the bad Dem guys signed up to run for
Republican Chairman and my husband was the Republican Chairman of the county.
Both the bad guys had been convicted of crimes in the past. I needed to know if the Democrat convicted criminal could run for office against my husband. I went straight to the Election Division of the Secretary of State's office, to get my answer. The answer was yes, he could run even though he was still on probation. His crime was sexually molesting an underage girl. He got a few votes from Democrats who voted in our Republican Primary. Oh, yes, when he signed up to run, there was a notice in the weekly paper he was running, and he stated his experience was being a "CHEERLEADER" years ago when in high school. This bad guy would follow my car when I left my house. He knew everywhere I went.
A few years later, the other bad guy was under indictment having to do with sexual crimes in two different counties. In another case, his daughter was put in prison for using a shotgun to kill her husband and his father, while they were sleeping. After she did that, she went to her father's house and was arrested there.
I no longer live in that county.
I used to say, when living in that county, that people committed crimes elsewhere, then came to that rural county to live since homes were spread out. That county is also part of the Sam Houston National Forest, and one can hide for a long time without being noticed.