Bloomberg pays fines for 32000 felons so they can vote

[EyeOfNewt]

https://thehill.com/homenews/campai...-for-32000-felons-in-florida-so-they-can-vote

How is this for election interference? Every time the democratic party has reached a new low, someone in their midst will surprise you!

 

[Queen B]

They dont have a voice? They arent illegal immigrants either

 

[Kandyland]

They dont have a voice? They arent illegal immigrants either

They lost most of their rights by being felons.

So now Dems are trying to vouch for felons now. Dems really do scrape the bottom of the barrel just to get votes.

 

[djacobox372]

https://thehill.com/homenews/campai...-for-32000-felons-in-florida-so-they-can-vote

How is this for election interference? Every time the democratic party has reached a new low, someone in their midst will surprise you!

So you think helping people vote legally is a new "low."

 

[drstrangelov]

Great move, the last ditch effort to disenfranchise these people was always a little shady. It’s a win win, the state gets its fees paid off, these people get to vote.

 

[panamaican]

Good. I've always thought it was bullshit that your right to vote is taken away just because of a conviction. I understand the reasoning, I've just always disagreed with it.

 

[Chest Rockwell]

Its a joke they make felons pay monetary fines in order to vote after serving their time. That should be the real story here.

 

[Misfit23]

They lost most of their right by being felons.

So now Dems are trying to vouch for felons now. Dems really do reach for the bottom of the barrel just to get votes.

Nah. Once they're out and off probation then they've paid their dues.

8% of Americans have a felony, btw. You wanna get rid of all their rights?

https://news.uga.edu/total-us-population-with-felony-convictions/

 

[ArmenianAssasin]

Great move, the last ditch effort to disenfranchise these people was always a little shady. It’s a win win, the state gets its fees paid off, these people get to vote.

I wonder who they’re going to vote for ? Interesting timing to take on this cause don’t you think?

this is pretty much a bribe

 

[rearnakedchoke]

Seems like voter suppression by the government more than anything.

 

[EyeOfNewt]

So you think helping people vote legally is a new "low."

Yes. It’s actually even lower because he specifically targets black and latino felons.

 

[Natural Order]

LOL @ thinking felons should be able to vote. You fucking clowns.....they forfeited that right when they decided to fuck society.

 

[EyeOfNewt]

Seems like voter suppression by the government more than anything.

Prison isn’t supposed to be nice you know. It’s a place where you have less rights than the place you came from. That’s the entire purpose of justice lmao. Kinda defeats the purpose if you have same rights in prison as outside

 

[ArmenianAssasin]

LOL @ thinking felons should be able to vote. You fucking clowns.....they forfeited that right when they decided to fuck society.

they are basically buying their votes by giving them money (paying their fines for them)

Yet idiots think this is about voter suppression and felons voting rights

Questionable timing and location for Bloomberg to take on this issue all of them sudden don’t you think?

 

[drstrangelov]

I wonder who they’re going to vote for ? Interesting timing to take on this cause don’t you think?

this is pretty much a bribe

They are free to vote for anyone they’d like. The state blocked these people from registering to vote a couple months before an election on the grounds that their debt wasn’t yet paid. Their debts are paid, the state’s complaint is resolved, now more people get to vote. What’s the complaint here, that the afraid the outcome of the state election might have been changed by disenfranchising these people? Isn’t that an argument that this solves a political problem?

 

[rearnakedchoke]

Prison isn’t supposed to be nice you know. It’s a place where you have less rights than the place you came from. That’s the entire purpose of justice lmao. Kinda defeats the purpose if you have same rights in prison as outside

Not saying it is supposed to be. But seems like a lot of these people are out now and have to pay a Fine before they can vote. You would think they would tie it do something other than voting. When you get a license, passport, something else.

 

[BEER]

The fact that you can be barred for voting simply for having outstanding court fees and fines is absolutely ridiculous to begin with.

So, I mean, good.

 

[StoneColdSteveAustin]

It’s time the Dems start playing hardball against the scumbags who run the GOP.

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

So the people of Florida overwhelmingly voted to restore voting rights for former felons.

DeSantis and the FL legislature institute a poll tax on them as a result.

And now Bloomberg is interfering with the election by helping them pay it?

You kids are getting out of hand.

 

[Deleted member 579584]

I'm going to laugh even harder when Flordia goes red again.