The ACLU is in a push to make it so more felons can vote. One of the main sticking points is an amendment I put on a bill a few years ago. The amendment mandated felons had to be current on back child support payments, restitution to the state and the victims of their crime. This would prove they wanted to be a contributing member of society and show in one form that they have paid their debt to society. The legislature sets up standards for voting rights restoration of former felons. The ACLU hates the standards. They need the votes to push their liberal agenda so they are suing the state to overturn the standard of law.
As a legislator friend of mine once said "Not all Democrats are felons, but almost all felons are Democrats"
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