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Michelle Rosenthal

social worker, Dr Susan Smith McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

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Should people convicted of a felony crime in the past and have completed their debt to society have their right to vote restored in USA?

Do you think people convicted of a felony should be allowed to vote again once their debt to society was paid?

If so how can we effectively advocate for people to have their voting rights restored after they are released from their sentence.

Do you think people still in jail or prison should be allowed to vote especially if their crime was not violent in nature?

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    Guillaume Regis

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    Nov 14 2011: Yes of course it seems a nonsense that someone with a previous conviction cannot vote. The House of Lords is the upper house of the UK parliament, these hereditary Lords and Ladies apparently cannot be stripped of their titles unless they commit treason. Lord Taylor of Warwick and Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare, a life peer can still sit in the House of LordsPM David Cameron is on record saying that 'everyone' deserves a 2nd chance

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