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Should felons be allowed to vote?

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yes. our representatives represent felons as well so they should get a say in who represents them.

not to mention if we want to welcome them back as functioning members of society, giving them less rights than us is not the way to go. how can it be a democracy if not everyone is allowed the right to vote?
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@TheeOriginalEXLover that's your choice, but don't call it a democracy
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@TheeOriginalEXLover it's supposed to be both

definition of a republic from American Heritage Dictionary, "A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them"

definition of a democracy
"Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives"
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