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Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a new bill on Tuesday night that would restore voting rights for felons in New York State after they have completed their sentences.

As The Hill reports:

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed legislation Tuesday night that would restore voting rights to formerly convicted felons upon their release from prison.

The bill, which the state legislature passed in mid-April, immediately restores voting rights when people are released from prison, even if they are on parole.

Prior to conviction and sentencing, criminal defendants are informed that they will lose their voting rights.

The law was intended to improve on a 2018 executive order that Cuomo signed that would allow parolees to apply for a voting pardon and then register to vote on their own.

It seems that Democrats are willing to do anything to increase their share of the vote, even if it means pandering to felons.

 



Comments

  1. Cuomo apparently is just protecting his own “right to vote” for after he gets locked up.

  2. BULLSHIT!!! THIS COUNTRY IS QUICKLY GOING DOWN THE TUBES!!! THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING, THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT PATRIOTIC AMERICANS!!! AS A DISABLED VETERAN I AM APPALLED TO SEE WHAT biden/harris and the rest of the COMMUNISTS ARE DOING!!! IF I WERE A SOLDIER IN TODAY’S ARMY, I WOULD NOT SERVE AND OBEY THESE CURRENT IDIOT’S IN THEIR COMMUNISTIC POSITION.

  3. I’m in favor of restoring voting rights after a criminal has served their time; met their probation requirements; keep out of trouble for several years; and was not involved in a crime of rape, murder, terrorism, malfeasance in office, or voting irregularities.

    It should have to be applied for and considered by a non-partisan board set by the state legislature. Never should it be automatic.

  4. Felons lose their voting rights for good reason. For what good reason does Cuomo arbitrarily give those rights back? Are they not still felons until they show redemption?

  5. Oh Hell No! When you are convicted of violating other people rights, you lose your rights. period.

    It is time to remove all these communist, Marxist, socialist, progressive, Stalinists, Leninists democrats from office!   Period.

  6. Power & Control, That’s what this is all about!
    A felonious crime has been committed and found guilty, in a Court of Law, of that crime! What also happens when one is found guilty of a felony crime? YOU LOSS YOUR RIGHTS AS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!!

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