Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont submitted the legislation, named the Inclusive Democracy Act, on Tuesday which would guarantee the right to vote in federal elections for all citizens regardless of their criminal record.
In a statement, Pressley said the legislation was necessary due to policies and court rulings that “continue to disenfranchise voters from all walks of life — including by gutting the Voting Rights Act, gerrymandering, cuts to early voting, and more.” Welch called the bill necessary due to “antiquated state felony disenfranchisement laws.”
In late 2022, approximately 4.6 million people were unable to vote due to a felony conviction, according to a study by the Sentencing Project, a nonpartisan research group. The same study found that Black and Hispanic citizens are disproportionately likely to be disenfranchised due to felony
No, I’m just genuinely unable to tell and thus curious. But I guess a person can’t even question this stuff our society is so insane now.
The bill itself means nothing to me.
You’re not an asshole, society is insane. Lol ok yea
What are you even talking about? You know what, I don’t care, I’m simply blocking your stupidity so I don’t have to see such nonesense again.
You mock someone’s appearance questioning their gender to discount the very real bill addressing actual problems instead of made up shit like Fox News. Then you act like it’s society with the problem. Sure. Please block me asshole, I’ll block you too