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May God see to it that this Amendment does NOT pass! Amen!

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Hard to understand. It does mention felony conviction as a disqualification for voting, but only during periods of incarceration for the felony. It then states that once the incarceration ends, voting rights are automatically restored, and people will no longer have to get them restored by the Governor or other authority…. however…

“… without further action required of him…”. So is registration a Requirement for “Further Action” that would continue to disqualify past incarceration?

If Registration is a Further Action that is requirement as a result of felony conviction, how is that not punishment for the conviction? I can be required to engage in further action, past incarceration and parole as a result of my felony conviction, and this “further action” can continue to disqualify me from having my voting rights restored… but this is not further punishment for my felony conviction? This requirement can produce the same results as a punishment, but not be a punishment, because the State claims it isn’t intended to be a punishment.

The State’s intentions are more significant than their actions, or the results their actions produce… so long as they didn’t intend to produce the result. This remains true even if they’re actions continue to produce the unintended results? So the results of their actions are completely meaningless…. whatever happens, happens… and it can keep happening forever.

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Sounds like this is a benefit for those with felonies in their history as it makes restoration of voting rights automatic instead of the felon having to jump through hoops like they do currently.

This is the situation currently in Wisconsin – once you’re sentence (supervision included) you automatically regain your voting rights.

Better would be to keep them while incarcerated, but that’s only in place in a few places.

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