| You are cattle to be prodded at the whim of Washington
if you don't register and use your vote !
To those who do not vote I can only say you got the government you deserve,
and took the rest of us down with you.
To those who did vote, now is your chance to redeem yourselves !
In virtually every state you can download a voter registration form. You
have no excuse unless you are one of America's all-too-many disenfranchised
from voting by virtue of a criminal conviction. ( Another tool of politics
to eliminate competition )
A class-action challenge to the law was filed on behalf of 600,000 former
felons in Florida just before the bitter 2000 presidential election, one
marred by bitter claims of hundreds of black people mistakenly purged from
voter rolls in Florida, many of them because they were listed as felons.
President Bush was handed the presidency by the high court, which froze
the Florida recount with Bush holding a 537-vote
lead.
Is it any wonder politicians don't want everyone to vote, particularly
Republicans.
Only Florida, Kentucky, and Virginia, which all happen
to be former Confederate states, cling to lifetime bans that can only be
changed through individual appeals which can be nearly impossible to win.
But here is a hint some people fail to recognize. If you were convicted in
a state that restored your rights to vote when you were released, then move
to one of the above states, you can register to vote. For instance Florida's
Supreme Court has said that if a person moves to to the state with their
rights intact, they cannot strip them absent a new conviction in Florida.
This applies to all civil rights including firearm ownership. Even
in Florida, an ex-felon can legally buy a firearm, even receive a concealed
weapon permit if his rights were restored by the state where he/she was convicted
prior to moving to Florida.
Amazingly, Florida's Governer Charlie Christ (a Republican) has taken some
major steps to help ex-felons regain their right to vote.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Most Florida felons will regain voting and
other civil rights more quickly after completing their sentences under changes
approved Thursday by the governor and the state clemency board.
Republican Gov. Charlie Crist pushed the change, saying the rights to
vote, hold office and serve on a jury were fundamental to being part of a
democratic society.
~ USA Today
You can move to a state that does not prohibit you from voting. (
People living in DC should move anyway ! ) |
