Felon Disenfranchisement Research Paper

Felon disenfranchisement has been around over 100 years and had shown just how having the right of voting taken away from you can impact the country profoundly. Felons who have served their time should be allowed to vote by federal law, not matter what state they reside in. It is said under the constitution that once you have been convicted of a felony you lose your right to vote, this law however was created to keep african americans from voting back in the late 1800s. The United States in not the same country it was 100 years ago, we have evolved and matured to the point where it is acceptable to let them vote once they have served their time. Forbidding fellow Americans of the right to vote, has impacted this country in more way than people realize, and prohibits millions of Americans in saying who they want their next president to be …show more content…
Continuing to prohibit a human of their basic fundamental rights further proves that we are still punishing them, and they are not completely out of prison where they were supposed to serve their rightful time. Of the 5.8 million Americans who have had their right taken away to vote because they committed a felony, a quarter of them are out of prison and unable to vote. Not only does this affect them as people, but it also affects Americans as citizens, every election we will have an gap of votes coming of those who are not able to vote because federal laws says