If you were watching in 2004, Rendell in PA made a move to register people in jail - now Virginia is doing the same thing.
Inmates at the Fairfax County jail were encouraged to register and vote last week by elections officials making what the county’s sheriff called the first visit of its kind in his 30 years with the county.
"delivered registration forms and absentee ballots to inmates with misdemeanor convictions and those awaiting felony trials."
What's the problem? Where's the illegality?
Posted by: jaime | Friday, October 10, 2008 at 01:21 PM
Noooooooooooooooooooooes!
Registering people who are legally allowed to vote is WRONG! WRONG I SAY!
Posted by: IslamoLlama | Friday, October 10, 2008 at 02:38 PM
Democrats Love Inmates - Inmates For Obama! (who else?) Democrats align themselves with people they wouldn't want in their home, lol... I almost hope Obama wins, just so they can see all "change" is not good change...
Posted by: Mahatma Kote | Friday, October 10, 2008 at 03:05 PM
Don't you lose your right to vote if you are incarcerated?
Posted by: mary | Friday, October 10, 2008 at 03:56 PM
"-- Don't you lose your right to vote if you are incarcerated? --"
It varies from state to state. Misdemeanor offenses, for instance, don't strip your voting rights. And if you are in prison but have not yet been convicted - ie, you can't make bail - you can still vote. Some states allow you to keep your voting rights if you've only been convicted of a non-violent crime.
http://www.aclu.org/votingrights/gen/19987pub20051004.html
The ACLU has a full guide detailing what is permissible and what methods are allowed for registering people in prison.
"-- Democrats Love Inmates - Inmates For Obama! --"
Not big on the whole Christianity thing so much, eh?
Posted by: IslamoLlama | Friday, October 10, 2008 at 04:33 PM
"Not big on the whole Christianity thing so much, eh?"
Or the innocent until proven guilty thing.
Posted by: jaime | Friday, October 10, 2008 at 06:33 PM
The Democrats in Alabama are registering prisoners too. The Republican stopped it, but the Democrats went to court to allow it.
Posted by: Log | Friday, October 10, 2008 at 08:41 PM
Off topic but funny - Howard Stern went to Harlem last week and interviewed folks there on who they were voting for - They all said "Obama" but Howard then asked them "Why, is it because Obama is for staying in Iraq until the job is done", "because Obama is against Stem Cell research", etc, attributing McCain's views to Obama. Invariably, they agreed to all of McCain's views as long as they thought they were Obama's, lol. My favorite was "Do you think Obama's Vice-Presidential pick, Sarah Palin, will make a good Vice-President?" - They agreed that Obama made a good decision picking Palin as a V.P. A new meaning to mindless drones.
Posted by: Dixie Normis | Friday, October 10, 2008 at 09:54 PM
Here is the YouTube Link to the Harlem Interviews -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5p3OB6roAg
Enjoy!
Posted by: Dixie Normis | Friday, October 10, 2008 at 10:04 PM
The Democrats want felons that have done their time to get the right to vote back. The Democrats have no honor (or class). Remember Marion Barry? He's still "serving" in D.C. And William J. Jefferson in Louisiana? $90000 in the freezer in payoffs and he's still the top runner. Wait until Kwame gets out, he'll be back. The Dems want to give our country to the dogs.
Posted by: Kareem Inma Kofey | Sunday, October 12, 2008 at 05:31 PM