It's not universal suffrage, if everyone is not allowed to vote.
We have to let literal retards vote, therefore, we also have to let "felons" vote.
Because I'd rather an intelligent felon vote, than a stupid retard.
I've seen enough American justice horror stories, to know
1) many felons are innocent, and when comparing to wealthy (literally privileged), are only guilty of not being able to afford a Lawyer.
2) many laws are bad in the first place.
3) many felons fell on hard times, and regret what they did.
4) many felons I know, one a scale of white to black, are conservative. Meaning black felons tend to not be conservative, if opinionated at all
It's weird, it doesn't make sense, by try discussing politics with ex cons. They are often quite conservative, at least in their talk.
They often fall back into drugs, and especially alcohol, and then the liberal comes out. But when they are living the "reformed" life, their opinions are conservative.
I think 1) they usually feel their sentence was light, compared to what they did.
2) It makes them have a "take charge" mentality, a kind of psych up to keep them disciplined on on the straight and narrow.
I dunno, this subject isn't as simple as it seems on the surface.
Tens, if not hundreds of thousands of mostly men, can not vote, even though they had non-violent felonies.
Murder and voter fraud should be the only to ways to lose the right to vote, since they both take the right to vote from someone else.