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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAre convicted felons allowed to vote in Arizona?
If no, how come one - Arpaio - can run for office?
Oh, and he did not realize that accepting a pardon means admitting guilt..
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Are convicted felons allowed to vote in Arizona? (Original Post)
question everything
Jan 2018
OP
Agree. There are some countries where there are ballot boxes in jail
question everything
Jan 2018
#3
As was discussed here before - having a pardon means that you admit your guilt (nt)
question everything
Jan 2018
#7
unblock
(52,317 posts)1. Not sure, but a pardon can restore voting rights
In any event Im firmly in the camp of denying government the right to choose its voters.
The power to disenfranchise is a recipe for corruption, and our history in this department is not pretty.
Arpaio is scum, but hes American scum, and therefore should be allowed to vote.
question everything
(47,534 posts)3. Agree. There are some countries where there are ballot boxes in jail
but to give Arpaio a special treatment not available for others.. Yes, this is outrageous. What else is new?
k8conant
(3,030 posts)2. Voter requirements are separate from Senator qualifications...
http://www.nonprofitvote.org/voting-in-your-state/special-circumstances/voting-as-an-ex-offender/#Arizona
U.S. Constitution (says nothing about being able to vote for oneself!)
Arizona
Individuals convicted of a felony are ineligible to vote while incarcerated, on parole, or on probation. If convicted of only one felony, voting rights are automatically restored upon completion of all supervised release. However, if convicted of two or more felonies, the right to vote can only be restored through a judge or if pardoned. Ex-offenders should re-register to vote.
Individuals convicted of a felony are ineligible to vote while incarcerated, on parole, or on probation. If convicted of only one felony, voting rights are automatically restored upon completion of all supervised release. However, if convicted of two or more felonies, the right to vote can only be restored through a judge or if pardoned. Ex-offenders should re-register to vote.
U.S. Constitution (says nothing about being able to vote for oneself!)
No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. [U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 3, clause 3]
question everything
(47,534 posts)4. Thanks. And, I suppose, different for Presidents
As Whiny Donny famously said: I can shoot someone in Manhattan and will still get the votes..
Crabby Appleton
(5,231 posts)5. Arpaio was convicted of a misdemeanor,
Not a felony, plus the pardon makes the conviction go away.
unblock
(52,317 posts)6. technically no. it makes any punishment from the conviction go away.
it's still appropriate to say he has a conviction on his record.
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(47,534 posts)7. As was discussed here before - having a pardon means that you admit your guilt (nt)
Iggo
(47,565 posts)8. Misdemeanor. Not a felony.