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Please explain how, without cheating, a state votes to give the vote to released felons but . . . . (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Nov 2018 OP
One cannot. ZZenith Nov 2018 #1
I was thinking the same thing... dawg day Nov 2018 #2
I can't, Stinky. gademocrat7 Nov 2018 #3
Because maybe they just LIKE felons jberryhill Nov 2018 #4
White racists with felons in their family??? RockRaven Nov 2018 #5
Yep! Meth is a pretty big problem in the rural areas. nt Phoenix61 Nov 2018 #6
The ex-felons couldn't vote in this election meow2u3 Nov 2018 #7
If only 50% of the 1.5 million felons given voting rights back tonght obamanut2012 Nov 2018 #9
Many evangelicals support the idea Codeine Nov 2018 #8
Because it is the deepest of the deep south Glamrock Nov 2018 #10
Republicans don't realize how many felons are AA marylandblue Nov 2018 #11
Gerrymandered, Tea party 2010-price paid for health care win delisen Nov 2018 #12
Neither a senate nor a governor race can be gerrymandered. Stinky The Clown Nov 2018 #14
You are absolutely right. Thank you. I misread the post. delisen Nov 2018 #19
I think Florida is a hotbed of corruption meadowlark5 Nov 2018 #13
BINGO Stinky The Clown Nov 2018 #15
If they were cheating, the civil rights restoration amendment wouldn't have passed either Jose Garcia Nov 2018 #16
I'll try Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2018 #17
K&R, uponit7771 Nov 2018 #18

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
2. I was thinking the same thing...
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 12:04 AM
Nov 2018

Scott has some strange control over that populace. He's such a monstrous person.

meow2u3

(24,761 posts)
7. The ex-felons couldn't vote in this election
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 12:11 AM
Nov 2018

If they could do so, the repunks wouldn't stand a chance. I'm talking about the ex-felons who served probation and paid their debts to society.

obamanut2012

(26,068 posts)
9. If only 50% of the 1.5 million felons given voting rights back tonght
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 12:12 AM
Nov 2018

Vote next time... and yes, the huge majority of those felons are minorities.

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
8. Many evangelicals support the idea
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 12:12 AM
Nov 2018

of redemption. There was quite a bit of support on both sides for this proposal.

delisen

(6,042 posts)
12. Gerrymandered, Tea party 2010-price paid for health care win
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 12:18 AM
Nov 2018

and Dems only paying attention to Presidential politics and presidential politics solely focused on re-electing president.






meadowlark5

(2,795 posts)
13. I think Florida is a hotbed of corruption
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 12:19 AM
Nov 2018

If the Russians have control over electrical grids and compromised voter registration rolls, why should we not assume voting machines and tabulators aren't compromised?

And how would anyone know without an investigation? One rethugs will never call for or fund.

Algernon Moncrieff

(5,790 posts)
17. I'll try
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 12:28 AM
Nov 2018

1) Trump is more than usually popular in Southeast Florida.

2) Racism

3) Nelson didn't start building a case for reelection until it was too late.

For all practical purposes, Florida is now Texas

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