Many citizens may agree that “if competence and good moral character were prerequisites, the number of individuals eligible to vote surely would plummet” (Hull, p.52). Many criminals that are convicted of a crime pay their debt to society and are released from prison on good terms. These individuals should gain the right to vote. Once one becomes a citizen, one deserves and gains citizenship rights. After one is free from prison, they have citizenship rights. This may be true, but once they do their time they amend their rights. For example, a police officer would not keep fining one who has paid one’s own fine for speeding. Once a crime has been amended it has been “forgiven”. Some citizens feel that if an ex-convict loses the right to vote “it creates a huge pool of political outcasts” (Hull “Florida” 17). Therefore, a state should not take away the right to vote from one who has paid one’s own debt to
Many citizens may agree that “if competence and good moral character were prerequisites, the number of individuals eligible to vote surely would plummet” (Hull, p.52). Many criminals that are convicted of a crime pay their debt to society and are released from prison on good terms. These individuals should gain the right to vote. Once one becomes a citizen, one deserves and gains citizenship rights. After one is free from prison, they have citizenship rights. This may be true, but once they do their time they amend their rights. For example, a police officer would not keep fining one who has paid one’s own fine for speeding. Once a crime has been amended it has been “forgiven”. Some citizens feel that if an ex-convict loses the right to vote “it creates a huge pool of political outcasts” (Hull “Florida” 17). Therefore, a state should not take away the right to vote from one who has paid one’s own debt to