“Voting is just such an integral component to the way that we’ve built democracy,” Democratic state Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin, one of the bill’s chief sponsors, said in an interview. “People vote when they are in nursing homes, when they are in hospitals, people have the right to vote when they are receiving treatment for drug and alcohol abuse or mental health issues. We don’t condition the right to vote.
“Whether it’s murder in the first degree, second degree, criminal negligent homicide, assault in the first and second degree rape, trafficking of persons — all of these categories of felony convicts — we’re pretending that they will be good citizens who will be able to exercise their right to vote,” Republican state Sen. Dennis Linthicum said during a committee
“I don’t think that lack of voting is a deterrent to crime. I think that [voting] keeps people engaged in the community and helps people have more of a stake in the community moving forward,” she said. “I don’t see a nexus between your ballot and your prison sentence.”
They shouldn't get to vote. It's a reasonable policy
This should never had been an issue. It is implied that the right is to be always there based on being a citizen. Congress and Supreme Court needs to are it official. A person doesn't stop being a US citizen in jail. USA rights forever
Democrats America
Democrats will do anything to stay in power!
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Criminals should have no rights
Good. Get rid of all these laws enacted to appease the loser Confederate South after they LOST the Civil War. They count for profit prison populations to receive Fed money, then prisoners get to vote.
Wouldn't that be bad news for their DA's trying to get reelected in office?
Someone just flush the toilet on Oregon and get it over with.
Even in third world countries you don't lose your right to vote while in jail.
Great Idea 👍👍
Society they are paying their time (2) they are still voices of society
Mr. Adams, if felons shouldn't be allowed to vote, then they shouldn't be required to pay taxes.
They legalized hard drugs and that worked out so great let's let murderers robbers and rapists choose our leaders and really destroy Oregon
Rapists, murdered and pedophiles helping pass laws in Oregon
Hope for jailed MAGA insurrectionists.
We need to seriously consider tossing states like Oregon out of the Republic if they're going to allow felons and illegal aliens to vote
It has never been proved constitutionally to disenfranchise imprisoned Americans. In many states, convicted felons remain disenfranchised after imprisonment ends. Felons lose their 2nd Amend. rights to own a firearm for claimed public safety reasons. Is voting a safety issue?
All states count prison populations when in the Census, leading to apportionment of congressional districts and district boundaries. They should absolutely be able to vote.
I guess we can infer from this that most people in jail would vote Democrat.
So there you go, crime away…..your liberties aren’t going to be removed.
Well hell why not ? They are allowing illegal immigrants to vote elsewhere 😏
Portland legalized meth and Walmart left. Felons can't vote.
Democrats are so desperate, it’s loco!