Screw the ACLU. If you want to vote, don't commit a felony. Got it? -- ACLU fighting voting rights of convicted felons.
From The Athens Banner-Herald:
The Georgia Constitution is clear on the issue: Anyone convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude cannot vote until they complete their sentence and pay all associated fees and fines.
But voting rights groups say the state has yet to produce a list of the felonies considered examples of moral turpitude, a legal concept defining conduct that violates community standards of justice, honesty or good morals.
The Georgia Secretary of State's office thinks "moral turpitude" applies to all felonies.
The result, the American Civil Liberties Union says, is disfranchisement of about 283,000 felons - disproportionately black, who represent more than half of that total.
The Georgia Constitution is clear on the issue: Anyone convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude cannot vote until they complete their sentence and pay all associated fees and fines.
But voting rights groups say the state has yet to produce a list of the felonies considered examples of moral turpitude, a legal concept defining conduct that violates community standards of justice, honesty or good morals.
The Georgia Secretary of State's office thinks "moral turpitude" applies to all felonies.
The result, the American Civil Liberties Union says, is disfranchisement of about 283,000 felons - disproportionately black, who represent more than half of that total.
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