6 Million Disenfranchised In U.S. Poem by Saiom Shriver

6 Million Disenfranchised In U.S.



People labeled felons
have done their time.
People labeled felons
have paid for their crimes.

6 Million Disenfranchised In U.S.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: politics
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Note: Nearly 6 million Americans are disenfranchised by
not being allowed to vote after they have served their sentences.
http: //www.sentencingproject.org/template/page.cfm? id=133

Singer John Legend's Free America campaign focuses on the mass incarceration in the US, the highest percentage in the world, not because the US has more criminals but because the plutocracy hopes to control the black and Latino population, among other things.

http: //www.musictimes.com/articles/35476/20150413/john-legend-free-america-campaign-end-mass-incarceration-glory-perform-speak-correctional-facilities.htm

Jeb Bush's criminal disenfranchisement of Florida Democrats removed from the voter rolls and falsely identified as felons is becoming more widely known.

http: //www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/25/jeb-bush-florida-voter-purge_n_7656764.html

Stephen Colbert has strongly supported the right of those released from prison to vote.
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