What’s the argument against felons voting? That they’d vote for someone who’d absolve them of their crimes? Felons might get 1-2% of a vote, so good luck with that.
What if felons could actually influence the vote? Let’s say 10%, 20%, maybe even 30% of the vote was comprised of felons. Yeah, that would be substantial influence. Think about the situation, though. 30% of your electorate is in prison??!!! Maybe there is something wrong with your laws then. In fact, maybe it would be critical to allow felons to vote in this situation so that the law could be reformed and you wouldn’t have 30% of your electorate behind bars. A society that locks up more than 1-2% of its people has problems.
The real argument against felons voting is that they’d all vote for democrats. That is, having nothing to do with their crimes, these people probably come from communities that want more government hand-outs. Mind you, this is just “the argument”, not my opinion. This is the same argument against immigration. Immigrants come from cultures that prefer a strong government that gives more hand-outs. This isn’t a libertarian outcome.
However, again, let’s think proportionally. It’s neither felons nor immigrants causing these ideologies of government and society. Maybe they’d push the needle over the threshold, but in order for these groups’ opinions to be relevant there’s a mass – a majority – of non-felon, non-immigrant, regular left liberal democrat Americans voting for big government.
Fighting over the margins is a waste of resources. Educate your “base”, let democracy happen. If half of America wants socialist healthcare, and is indoctrinated by the military industrial media complex, tough luck. See, that’s the point, even anti-socialist “red America” is blinded by deep state propaganda on war. The country’s political cancers are long past metastasis. We’re not going to win that bright libertarian future by stopping a few immigrants.
Donald Trump or Ted Cruz aren’t going to save America, so paring back a few million illegal California votes won’t matter. What would we get from limiting immigrant voter fraud? Maybe less Israel in the Golan Heights. Think about it! There’s no “good guy” team here.
Hell, maybe felons and immigrants voting will cut back against police state abuses!
