re: "The Voter Fraud Fraud" (The New York Times, July 11, 2021)
Do citizens cease to be citizens or persons when they commit a crime?
Is committing a crime really enough to deny a citizen an equal right to a voice in determining the form of their society, its governance and the laws that are held to apply equally to all?
Why should a person respect a law if they have been denied the possibility of a having a voice in making that law?
There seems to be something undemocratic, and contrary to the values of respecting individual liberties and the pursuit of justice, in the very idea that felons be denied a voice in their society.
Is it quite American?
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The above comment was submitted by Felix Qui to The New York Times article.
It is published there at https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/11/opinion/texas-elections-black-people.html#commentsContainer&permid=113609495:113609495
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