Persuasive Essay On Convicted Felons

A convicted felon is a person who has been convicted of a felony, which is a crime punishable by death or a term in state or federal prison. So the United States have restrictions for convicted felons to vote. But it is up to your state which restrictions they want to put on convicted felons. So there are five things that your state can do for convicted felons to vote. One is that your state can pick that some felons may vote depending on the state, crime committed, time elapsed since completion of sentence, and other variables. The second thing that your state can pick is that a felon can have their vote restored if they completed their term of incarceration and their parole plus their probation. The third thing that your state can pick if they will allow their felons to get their vote restored if the completes their term of incarceration and also completes their parole. The fourth thing that your state has to choose from is if the felon finished their term of incarceration. And finally the fifth thing that your state can choose is that Convicted felons may vote by absentee ballot while in prison. So this is what the United States is doing right now on how voting works for convicted felons. And think this is the best way to leave it. Some people say that the restriction for a convicted felon on voting should be …show more content…
If they don’t have the decency to follow the laws do you think they really care if they could vote? So I think that the restrictions place on convicted felons is good. At least we know that they have to complete a process to vote again. Who knows maybe after that process they have the right state of mind to be able to vote. Because voting is no joke and they need to be able to take it seriously. And if they complete the process that whatever their states requires them to do is showing us that they care and they are maybe changing their life’s