Jonathan Bernstein: “Minnesota earlier this week turned the most recent state to revive voting rights to ex-felons as soon as they’re launched from jail. Democrats across the US have been pushing to scale back or get rid of restrictions on voting, specifically combating to increase voting rights to individuals on parole or probation. Many Republicans have been pushing again, arguing that rights shouldn’t be restored till all of the phrases of a sentence have been fulfilled, and maybe not even then.”

“Some Republicans additionally may fear that increasing the voter pool will value them on the polls. It seems that any potential results on election outcomes is small. However disenfranchising ex-felons is indefensible in a democracy.”

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