Joe Biden suddenly leads convicted felon Donald Trump in multiple battleground states

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Joe Biden suddenly leads Donald Trump in multiple battleground states
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By the same logic felons should be allowed to vote. Instead you got the war on drugs

The serious argument about felons being allowed to vote is that voting is a civic duty, and you want felons to re-integrate into society. If they have tons of restrictions following them around for the rest of their lives, they're always going to be a little bit outside. Feeling like they're stuck outside of society makes recidivism rates higher, so restoring the right to vote is an important step in rehabilitation.

It would take a lot of people having felony convictions to be able to seriously sway an election, but given the racially polarized way that the criminal justice system is often applied, I think that's probably happened.

Wait, Trump isn't allowed to vote now? Lol if true.