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Politics & Religion / The electoral market Republicans are missing, The Felon Vote
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The ACLU (and every other Left group) is going after the felon vote. Obviously they see them as liberal Democrat voters, but why?
'Brave' search reveals this:
"In Minnesota, felons who are on probation or parole are now eligible to vote once they are out of prison. The ACLU’s efforts have helped to challenge the state’s voting restrictions and promote voting rights for all citizens, regardless of their criminal history."
This gives me an idea. We get on our soapbox here but need to get out where someone might listen. Where is a more captive audience than your local prison? Why not offer freedom seminars in the prisons? Like the people who formerly lived under communism, maybe a good number of inmates would be receptive to the idea of living under greater freedom.
The Left is aggressively going after the felon vote and winning. What is their message, soft on crime, shorter sentences, free stuff??
What is our message? We favor a robust entrepreneurial, ownership, freedom-based economy that favors those willing to take risks and work the hardest. Felons very end up in gig work or owning their own businesses, as the largest employers require background checks.
How about putting a message of economic freedom up against the hope you will get ahead dependent on government programs? If we were to win half of them, the Left's get-out-the-felon-vote operation would lose its value.
Is this worth it? 2020 was decided by 40,000 votes(?). In 2019, there were 631,000 releases from state and federal prisons in the United States (per Vera Institute of Justice).
The ACLU (and every other Left group) is going after the felon vote. Obviously they see them as liberal Democrat voters, but why?
'Brave' search reveals this:
"In Minnesota, felons who are on probation or parole are now eligible to vote once they are out of prison. The ACLU’s efforts have helped to challenge the state’s voting restrictions and promote voting rights for all citizens, regardless of their criminal history."
This gives me an idea. We get on our soapbox here but need to get out where someone might listen. Where is a more captive audience than your local prison? Why not offer freedom seminars in the prisons? Like the people who formerly lived under communism, maybe a good number of inmates would be receptive to the idea of living under greater freedom.
The Left is aggressively going after the felon vote and winning. What is their message, soft on crime, shorter sentences, free stuff??
What is our message? We favor a robust entrepreneurial, ownership, freedom-based economy that favors those willing to take risks and work the hardest. Felons very end up in gig work or owning their own businesses, as the largest employers require background checks.
How about putting a message of economic freedom up against the hope you will get ahead dependent on government programs? If we were to win half of them, the Left's get-out-the-felon-vote operation would lose its value.
Is this worth it? 2020 was decided by 40,000 votes(?). In 2019, there were 631,000 releases from state and federal prisons in the United States (per Vera Institute of Justice).