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Keystone Phil
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« on: January 13, 2012, 03:37:38 PM »
"Restore our Future" has an ad out that claims, among other things (that we actually know to be true, at least) Santorum voted to let convicted felons vote.

Now I've heard a lot of things said about Santorum's record but I'm totally unfamiliar with this one. I find it hard to believe. Going too far?
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« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2012, 03:39:52 PM »
Not all that  bad, honestly. It wouldn't hurt my opinion of Santorum much, and might improve it depending on the specifics.
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« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2012, 03:49:55 PM »
Not bad if true. People in jail (felons included) should be able to vote. Only Maine and Vermont are doing it right:
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« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2012, 04:01:22 PM »
Did Rick support allowing felons to vote, while in jail, or only after getting out of jail?
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« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2012, 04:28:11 PM »
It was a proposal for federal voting rights to felons who have served their sentences.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2&vote=00031
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« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2012, 04:40:46 PM »

Oh. Well I favor that then. While Hester Prynne may have been consigned to wear an scarlet "A" forever, and ever, to mark her shame, that does not mean that felons should be in the same boat and have to sport an orange-pink (the color of their prison uniform) "F" to mark theirs for life. At some point, you close the books.
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« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2012, 04:44:36 PM »

Oh, ok, that's a different story. Thanks.
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« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2012, 04:59:51 PM »
Quote from: ModernBourbon Democrat on January 13, 2012, 03:39:52 PM
Not all that  bad, honestly. It wouldn't hurt my opinion of Santorum much, and might improve it depending on the specifics.
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« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2012, 09:12:46 PM »
« Edited: January 14, 2012, 01:46:08 PM by Bacon King, VP »
I don't understand why convicted felons aren't allowed to vote. Could this be one thing I agree with Santorum on?
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« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2012, 09:22:52 PM »
As they should be allowed to.
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« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2012, 12:24:41 AM »
What exactly is wrong with that? They're still human beings afaic.
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« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2012, 05:54:16 AM »
Quote from: morgieb on January 14, 2012, 12:24:41 AM
What exactly is wrong with that? They're still human beings afaic.

As far as I ... cabbage?

Anyway, I think criminals should be allowed to vote as long as the crime they committed is not voter fraud or something like that.
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« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2012, 06:08:36 AM »
Well, he's less utterly horrid than Romney or Gingrich. I knew that all along. Then again, it's scant praise.
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« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2012, 06:31:53 AM »
This is a positive surprise. Santorum gains in my book from this.
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