"Current state law allows for first-time offenders who have completed their
sentences to regain their voting rights. However, after a second felony
conviction, an ex-offender cannot ever vote again unless the governor grants
a pardon, a process that takes anywhere from 17 to 27 years from the last
day of serving a sentence. Effectively, twice-convicted felons permanently
lose the right to vote in this state.
"If you have met all conditions of the sentence, you shouldn't wear a
scarlet letter for life," says State Senator Delores Kelly, author of Senate
Bill 184, which was introduced in mid-January to amend the existing statute.
"What we want is for [former offenders] to be vested in the community, to
take ownership of public issues, to pay their taxes, to work, to care about
making...

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:52:01 +0100, "dave brooker"
wrote:

:>"Current state law allows for first-time offenders who have completed their
:>sentences to regain their voting rights.

You've paid soggypuss the court ordered restitution?

:>However, after a second felony conviction, an ex-offender cannot ever vote again
:> unless the governor grants
:>a pardon, a process that takes anywhere from 17 to 27 years from the last
:>day of serving...

On Oct 21, 11:10 am, Sarah Czepiel cox.net> wrote:

I'm not into spelling lames, but you have to admit this is typical of
your ugly grammar. It's really dumbshit stuff. A simple typo is
obvious. Not having a basic grasp of singular/possessive nouns is
pathetic, and you fall down all the time. Most of simple grammar is
intuitive, which is why yours is so bad. You are virtually without an
internal social context, which also explains why you have zero wit.

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:18:00 -0700, Potato Blight
gmail.com> wrote:

:>On Oct 21, 11:10 am, Sarah Czepiel cox.net> wrote:
:>
:>>
:>> Not felony's, Lispy.
:>
:>I'm not into spelling lames

And then you go on to spel lame, ya braindead junkie.

On Oct 21, 11:54 am, Sarah Czepiel cox.net> wrote:

You don't even know the difference between spelling and grammar.

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:56:50 -0700, Potato Blight
gmail.com> wrote:

:>On Oct 21, 11:54 am, Sarah Czepiel cox.net> wrote:
:>> On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:18:00 -0700, Potato Blight
:>>
:>> gmail.com> wrote:
:>>
:>> :>On Oct 21, 11:10 am, Sarah Czepiel cox.net> wrote:
:>> :>
:>> :>>
:>> :>> Not felony's, Lispy.
:>> :>
:>> :>I'm not into spelling lames
:>>
:>> And then you go on to spel lame, ya braindead junkie.
:>
:>You don't even know the difference between spelling and grammar.

I know a lying brain dead junkie when I see one.