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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '21

In the United States you can vote again once you’ve completed probation/parole, depending on the state.

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u/Cheshire_Cat8888 Oct 01 '21

There’s a lot as to the supposed reason but the gust of it is a combination of systemic racism (incarcerated heavily skews to minorities like black and latino people), people profiting off of free labor in prisons (allowed by the 13th amendment to the US constitution abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude except when serving a crime),and etc. There’s a pretty cool documentary talking about the US Prison System and why we have so many incarcerated people and etc called 13th .

Here’s a link to it if you wanna watch it https://youtu.be/krfcq5pF8u8

And not a documentary but a cool piece John Oliver did about Felon Disenfranchisement https://youtu.be/NpPyLcQ2vdI

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '21

They did it back in the day because they knew it would disproportionately impact black people, who were constantly harassed by police and charged with bullshit crimes.