[–] PewterKey 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
It's counter to democracy to remove rights from those that served their sentences. As it creates a 2nd class body that are voiceless and motivated to destroy the status quo violently. An unjust law and an outright tyrannical or corrupt government of any size could effectively remove only votes that oppose them. Leaving the disenfranchised the only option of revolution.
And given the number of felons in America (6M or 2.5% of America), this population of disenfranchised felons could literally disrupt the entire country or even destroy it if they were mildly coordinated. We already have seen how BLM shut down entire cities in riots with a few hundred. We've seen how 2 terrorists shut down Boston. And America is literally sitting on 6 million people with a reason to rebel. Not to mention the tens of million non-citizens that could rally to that cause.