Why should they? They have lost all of their rights and for a good reason. Why should they have the right to vote if they do not even have the right to say what they want to? ( unless they enjoy solitary confinement )

They have already lost that privilege, that should be the last thing that they should be worrying about. They should be worrying about what is wrong with them as a whole for committing a crime that sent them to jail in the first place.

I'm going to direct this to convicted felons still serving their sentences and the aftermath of serving. No convicted felon is able to vote in any election unless they are from Maine. Massachusetts or Vermont. The dilemma comes later, after their sentences are served. Most of the states restore the felons rights after their sentences are served but not all of them do. There, then, is the rub! Please read the story on the following link as it has everything you should know about voting rights.

While serving a prison sentence, I think it makes sense that that is one of the rights taken from them. The idea is that they are being removed from our society, and anyone else not a part of our society does not have a right to vote.

I think though, that once our Justice System, as imperfect as it sometimes is, has deemed a person to again be part of the general population, than it does not make sense to still hold from them certain rights.

I think that if it is the opinion of the courts, that a specific person is now able to function in society, then they should be given all of the rights of citizenship. Otherwise, if they have not earned back all these rights, why are we letting them out to begin with? I think it's an indefensible position.

It goes with the punishment of being in jail in the first place. If a man commits a crime and is sent to prison, he is stripped of all of his rights as an American citizen until he is released. This includes voting!