This from Coretta Scott King over the weekend:
The widow of Martin Luther King Jr. said the right to vote should be open to everyone in a democracy, including those who have been convicted of crimes.
Ending the disenfranchisement of convicted felons is part of the unfinished business of the civil rights movement, Coretta Scott King said at an NAACP event marking the 40th anniversary of the Portland chapter in Maine.
As much as I would like to keep felons from voting (let's face it, they're mostly black and assuredly Democratic), I think it's the right thing to do. If you've served your time, then you've served your time...period. I think voting is a right even felons are entitled to.
On the positive side, how many felons are really going to register and then show up at the polls. Not many.
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