From the LVRJ: Attorney General Eric Holder called on Nevada and 10 other states Tuesday to restore voting rights to ex-felons, part of a push to fix what he sees as flaws in the criminal justice system that have a disparate impact on racial minorities.
“It is time to fundamentally rethink laws that permanently disenfranchise people who are no longer under federal or state supervision,” Holder said, targeting 11 states that he said continue to restrict voting rights for former inmates, even after they’ve finished their prison terms.
“Across this country today, an estimated 5.8 million Americans — 5.8 million of our fellow citizens — are prohibited from voting because of current or previous felony convictions,” Holder told a symposium on criminal justice at Georgetown University.
In Carson City on Tuesday, State Sen. Tick Segerblom said he was confident that the Legislature next year will pass a bill to restore voting rights.
Now into his fifth year as attorney general and hinting that this year might be his last, Holder survived political controversies that, early on, placed him on the defensive. Now, he is doubling down on the kinds of issues that have long held his interest during a career in law enforcement — prison overcrowding, overly harsh mandatory drug sentences and school disciplinary policies that he says push kids into street crime. http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/let-ex-felons-vote-us-attorney-general-urges-Nevada
Let make an educated guess. If these felons were Republicans or even mostly white, do you think Holder will be demanding felons the right to vote?
Hell no.
But let's take this a step further. Since felons can't own guns, why not allow felons to own guns after they finish their sentence? According to Holder logic (or is it illogic?), these felons should have their gun rights restored after they finish their probation. Fair is fair.
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