Well, maybe. It's kind of unfair that your right to vote in federal elections depends on what state you live in. And if you move, your status could change. That just doesn't feel right.

Then you had the cases in the 2004 election where states failed to update each other on the proper status of ex-cons who had moved between states, resulting in lots of people who should have been eligible to vote in Florida being barred from doing so because they weren't eligible in their previous state of residence.

States might have an absolute right to determine who can vote in *state* elections, but shouldn't federal elections have a consistent standard?

I don't have a problem with felons being allowed to vote after they've completed their sentence. They did their time and paid their debt to society; what's the point in continuing to withhold a basic benefit of a democratic society?

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