The return of the Poll Tax

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

We should restrict and remove voting rights from a lot of places.

Who are you to decide who should be voting and who shouldn't?

 

[Edgetho]

It's all in the past we are told.

The Return of the Poll Tax in Florida
By The Editorial Board

A Republican proposal would condition the right to vote on the payment of all outstanding court fines and fees.

Florida voters approved a ballot measure in November to restore voting rights to up to 1.4 million people with felony convictions who have served their sentences and thus paid their debt to society. The passage of Amendment 4, which went into effect in January, righted 150 years of injustice.

But Republican lawmakers in the state immediately went to work to undermine that progress. On March 19, a state House panel on criminal justice approved, along party lines, a measure that would erect new roadblocks for the Floridians who just regained the right to vote.

The new proposal would require those who want their voting rights restored to first pay all outstanding court fees and costs arising from their prior convictions — a move that one Democratic lawmaker denounced as an unconstitutional poll tax.

Under Amendment 4, “any disqualification from voting arising from a felony conviction shall terminate and voting rights shall be restored upon completion of all terms of sentence including parole or probation.”

But Florida Republicans want “completion” of a sentence to include “a financial obligation arising from a felony conviction” — such as the court costs and fines that Florida is notorious for imposing on top of criminal sentences. This would, in effect, suppress the votes of people who are too poor to pay.

Opinion | The Return of the Poll Tax in Florida

And that is not a poll tax. A poll tax is a tax on a person for simply existing.

The piece of shit knows that. The POS is just bringing the Piece of Shit OP from a kook site.

Half the dimocrap scum in here are agitprop antifa scum hiding in their dorm rooms because they don't have enough money to go out.

The other half are paid DNC/Google agitators.

Some of them have three and four different names in here. Easy to tell when you read their bullshit.

 

[Norman]

We should restrict and remove voting rights from a lot of places.

Who are you to decide who should be voting and who shouldn't?

Who are you to decide who should be voting and who shouldn't?

I voiced my opinion on the matter, it's the correct one, there is zero evidence that giving everyone the vote has produced any benefits. As result we live in a world where people can't even identify their gender correctly. You can voice your opinion.

 

[Ambivalent1]

Ole IM would take the "right" to vote away from White Men if he could.

 

[Norman]

Ole IM would take the "right" to vote away from White Men if he could.

He would give Mexicans the right to vote in US elections.

 

[BluesLegend]

It's all in the past we are told.

The Return of the Poll Tax in Florida
By The Editorial Board

A Republican proposal would condition the right to vote on the payment of all outstanding court fines and fees.

Florida voters approved a ballot measure in November to restore voting rights to up to 1.4 million people with felony convictions who have served their sentences and thus paid their debt to society. The passage of Amendment 4, which went into effect in January, righted 150 years of injustice.

But Republican lawmakers in the state immediately went to work to undermine that progress. On March 19, a state House panel on criminal justice approved, along party lines, a measure that would erect new roadblocks for the Floridians who just regained the right to vote.

The new proposal would require those who want their voting rights restored to first pay all outstanding court fees and costs arising from their prior convictions — a move that one Democratic lawmaker denounced as an unconstitutional poll tax.

Under Amendment 4, “any disqualification from voting arising from a felony conviction shall terminate and voting rights shall be restored upon completion of all terms of sentence including parole or probation.”

But Florida Republicans want “completion” of a sentence to include “a financial obligation arising from a felony conviction” — such as the court costs and fines that Florida is notorious for imposing on top of criminal sentences. This would, in effect, suppress the votes of people who are too poor to pay.

Opinion | The Return of the Poll Tax in Florida

It pains me to agree with IM2 but that's total bullshit Republicans. The will of the people should be respected even if they are wrong.

 

[Damaged Eagle]

Murder, rape, and kidnapping, should hold the same penalties as a dishonorable discharge from the military.

Unable to ever own property and loss of voting rights forever.

*****SMILE*****

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Who are you to decide who should be voting and who shouldn't?

Who are you to decide who should be voting and who shouldn't?

I don't, assclown, the Constitution does. You know, that piece of paper that conservitards always claim they care more about than the Dims?

I voiced my opinion on the matter, it's the correct one.

Oh, I'm sure in your mind it's the correct one. Only your world view can possibly be correct. I'm sure if it were up to you only white male land owners would be voting again.

 

[night_son]

It's all in the past we are told.

The Return of the Poll Tax in Florida
By The Editorial Board

A Republican proposal would condition the right to vote on the payment of all outstanding court fines and fees.

Florida voters approved a ballot measure in November to restore voting rights to up to 1.4 million people with felony convictions who have served their sentences and thus paid their debt to society. The passage of Amendment 4, which went into effect in January, righted 150 years of injustice.

But Republican lawmakers in the state immediately went to work to undermine that progress. On March 19, a state House panel on criminal justice approved, along party lines, a measure that would erect new roadblocks for the Floridians who just regained the right to vote.

The new proposal would require those who want their voting rights restored to first pay all outstanding court fees and costs arising from their prior convictions — a move that one Democratic lawmaker denounced as an unconstitutional poll tax.

Under Amendment 4, “any disqualification from voting arising from a felony conviction shall terminate and voting rights shall be restored upon completion of all terms of sentence including parole or probation.”

But Florida Republicans want “completion” of a sentence to include “a financial obligation arising from a felony conviction” — such as the court costs and fines that Florida is notorious for imposing on top of criminal sentences. This would, in effect, suppress the votes of people who are too poor to pay.

Opinion | The Return of the Poll Tax in Florida

Our nation was founded upon a historically unprecedented contract between government and the people. That contract allows our government to place a very high level of trust in us in exchange for the expectation that we will follow and abide by its laws; freedom in exchange for voluntarily following the rule of law which benefits everyone. This contract between the government and the people represents the ultimate opportunity for governmental protection of our constitutional rights and in particular, our ability to move freely around this great nation without checkpoints, to better our social and economic status based on personal effort, and to essentially become or attain whatever we set our minds on achieving. In effect, we are given at birth as citizens the highest level chance to prove that we are responsible enough, trustworthy enough to be bestowed with such a high level of freedom. No other nation or civilization in prior human history has ever given such a gift to its people. But that gift comes with specific expectations.

When an American Citizen commits a crime he or she also betrays the trust of that contract between government and the people and proves untrustworthy of that gift of freedom. A criminal act is against both the rule of law and the common good of everyone else possessed of the personal responsibility to follow the law. So it logically follows that the act of criminal betrayal must be punished by removing some degree of original freedom of the citizen because the criminal can no longer be trusted with it. Even such "petty" crimes as shoplifting or steeling a hubcap must be treated as serious betrayal of the government/people contract and trust because they infringe upon someone else's freedom and go directly against the common good.

I wonder why this issue in particular concerns you so deeply. Is it admission on your part that African Americans commit more crimes and thus would suffer more if their voting rights are not restored? And what about other rights felons lose upon conviction? Are you also saying felons should get back their rights to own firearms? Hmm . . .

 

[Polishprince]

It's all in the past we are told.

The Return of the Poll Tax in Florida
By The Editorial Board

A Republican proposal would condition the right to vote on the payment of all outstanding court fines and fees.

Florida voters approved a ballot measure in November to restore voting rights to up to 1.4 million people with felony convictions who have served their sentences and thus paid their debt to society. The passage of Amendment 4, which went into effect in January, righted 150 years of injustice.

But Republican lawmakers in the state immediately went to work to undermine that progress. On March 19, a state House panel on criminal justice approved, along party lines, a measure that would erect new roadblocks for the Floridians who just regained the right to vote.

The new proposal would require those who want their voting rights restored to first pay all outstanding court fees and costs arising from their prior convictions — a move that one Democratic lawmaker denounced as an unconstitutional poll tax.

Under Amendment 4, “any disqualification from voting arising from a felony conviction shall terminate and voting rights shall be restored upon completion of all terms of sentence including parole or probation.”

But Florida Republicans want “completion” of a sentence to include “a financial obligation arising from a felony conviction” — such as the court costs and fines that Florida is notorious for imposing on top of criminal sentences. This would, in effect, suppress the votes of people who are too poor to pay.

Opinion | The Return of the Poll Tax in Florida

How is requiring people to be upstanding citizens construed to mean a "poll tax"?


IMHO, they should have sheriff's deputies on duty at polling places, and if someone has a warrant for child support, they can be picked up when they approach the voting precinct.

 

[Polishprince]

Who are you to decide who should be voting and who shouldn't?

Who are you to decide who should be voting and who shouldn't?

I don't, assclown, the Constitution does. You know, that piece of paper that conservitards always claim they care more about than the Dims?

I voiced my opinion on the matter, it's the correct one.

Oh, I'm sure in your mind it's the correct one. Only your world view can possibly be correct. I'm sure if it were up to you only white male land owners would be voting again.

A lot of white male landowners don't vote.

My grandfather never voted even once. He recognized that he wasn't born in America, and could never be President so for him it was pointless.

 

[IM2]

The expected nonsense from the same old same old.

So stop mumbling to yourself.

You can't play me wb. You know I'm talking directly to you.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

A lot of white male landowners don't vote.

My grandfather never voted even once. He recognized that he wasn't born in America, and could never be President so for him it was pointless.

Sure, because the presidential election is the only one that matters. Real sound logic there

 

[TheGreatSatan]

The expected nonsense from the same old same old.

Same old "DERP DERP DERP" from Democrats...

 

[IM2]

It's all in the past we are told.

The Return of the Poll Tax in Florida
By The Editorial Board

A Republican proposal would condition the right to vote on the payment of all outstanding court fines and fees.

Florida voters approved a ballot measure in November to restore voting rights to up to 1.4 million people with felony convictions who have served their sentences and thus paid their debt to society. The passage of Amendment 4, which went into effect in January, righted 150 years of injustice.

But Republican lawmakers in the state immediately went to work to undermine that progress. On March 19, a state House panel on criminal justice approved, along party lines, a measure that would erect new roadblocks for the Floridians who just regained the right to vote.

The new proposal would require those who want their voting rights restored to first pay all outstanding court fees and costs arising from their prior convictions — a move that one Democratic lawmaker denounced as an unconstitutional poll tax.

Under Amendment 4, “any disqualification from voting arising from a felony conviction shall terminate and voting rights shall be restored upon completion of all terms of sentence including parole or probation.”

But Florida Republicans want “completion” of a sentence to include “a financial obligation arising from a felony conviction” — such as the court costs and fines that Florida is notorious for imposing on top of criminal sentences. This would, in effect, suppress the votes of people who are too poor to pay.

Opinion | The Return of the Poll Tax in Florida

How is requiring people to be upstanding citizens construed to mean a "poll tax"?


IMHO, they should have sheriff's deputies on duty at polling places, and if someone has a warrant for child support, they can be picked up when they approach the voting precinct.

Let's stop asking stupid questions. This has never been a requirement to vote.

 

[Jitss617]

Pretty racist post OP

We should have test to vote.

 

[IM2]

The expected nonsense from the same old same old.

Same old "DERP DERP DERP" from Democrats...

This is a republican proposal.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Pretty racist post OP

We should have test to vote.

Everybody has a right to representation in this country, even the ignorant and the stupid, which I would argue is most people in this country.

 

[Polishprince]

It's all in the past we are told.

The Return of the Poll Tax in Florida
By The Editorial Board

A Republican proposal would condition the right to vote on the payment of all outstanding court fines and fees.

Florida voters approved a ballot measure in November to restore voting rights to up to 1.4 million people with felony convictions who have served their sentences and thus paid their debt to society. The passage of Amendment 4, which went into effect in January, righted 150 years of injustice.

But Republican lawmakers in the state immediately went to work to undermine that progress. On March 19, a state House panel on criminal justice approved, along party lines, a measure that would erect new roadblocks for the Floridians who just regained the right to vote.

The new proposal would require those who want their voting rights restored to first pay all outstanding court fees and costs arising from their prior convictions — a move that one Democratic lawmaker denounced as an unconstitutional poll tax.

Under Amendment 4, “any disqualification from voting arising from a felony conviction shall terminate and voting rights shall be restored upon completion of all terms of sentence including parole or probation.”

But Florida Republicans want “completion” of a sentence to include “a financial obligation arising from a felony conviction” — such as the court costs and fines that Florida is notorious for imposing on top of criminal sentences. This would, in effect, suppress the votes of people who are too poor to pay.

Opinion | The Return of the Poll Tax in Florida

How is requiring people to be upstanding citizens construed to mean a "poll tax"?


IMHO, they should have sheriff's deputies on duty at polling places, and if someone has a warrant for child support, they can be picked up when they approach the voting precinct.

Let's stop asking stupid questions. This has never been a requirement to vote.

My point is that it SHOULD be a requirement to vote. If someone refuses to support their own children, should they really be entrusted with our nation's future? I think not.

 

[blackhawk]

Thank God it has to do with criminals I was afarid the poll tax was going to be a tax on strippers.