Prisioners Should Be Able To Vote

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did you know that the united states of america is one of the country with most incarcerared people? every year more men and women are send to difference prisons around our country. in those prisons they rights are violated and they are treated as slaves of our system. prisoners should have the right to vote because they are citizens of this country, their opinion matters as much as our, and they also have expectative with every different president. prisioners should be allow to vote because they been incarcerated don't change the fact that they are citizens of this country. having the right to vote was something that was give to all americans since the independence of our country. stoping encarceletad people of voting is an illegal act.

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