Pros And Cons Of Disenfranchisement

Since 1100 B.C this wrongful wave of taking away ex-felon and incarcerated felon’s right to vote and other basic rights has been happening and needs to come to a stop.In the U.S alone there is 3.9 million Americans that are denied their voting rights either permanently or temporarily due to disenfranchisement. There is only two states in the nation,Maine and Vermont, who does not practice eliminating felons of their voting rights. The pass forty years disenfranchisement laws has affected the political part of America. Ex and current felons deserve their right to vote because it is their constitutional rights, allows them to have their voices heard, and it is ethical . Although critics may argue that felons judgement can not be trusted , they

A condition called "civil death" in Europe involved the forfeiture of property, the loss of the right to appear in court, and a prohibition on entering into contracts, as well as the loss of voting rights. Civil death was brought to America by English colonists, but most aspects of it were eventually abolished, leaving only felon disenfranchisement intact in some parts of modern America.”(Felons Voting Rights) “[The revolutionary period [roughly 1764-1776]... witnessed heated public exchanges and sharp political conflict over the [voting] franchise... Implicit in these arguments was the claim that voting was not a right but a privilege, one that the state could legitimately grant or curtail in its own interest…Yet there was a problem with this vision of suffrage as a right... there was no way to argue that voting was a right or a natural right without opening a Pandora's box. If voting was a natural right, then everyone should possess it…”(Keyssar) “Kentucky's state constitution is ratified. It states "Laws shall be made to exclude from... suffrage those who thereafter be convicted of bribery, perjury, forgery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."(“Kentucky Constitution of

“As we reflect on the 2016 election, ballots cast and candidates elected, one important piece has yet to be examined — the over 6.1 million Americans who were prohibited from making their voices heard because of laws that disenfranchise citizens convicted of a felony.”(McLarty and Poter) If we stop disenfranchisement laws we could have a shift in our democracy.Thus, if the United States claims to be democracy, they should allow anyone who is a citizen to vote regardless of what they have