POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Civil Liberties, Disfranchisement, Alexis De Tocqueville

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Once a people begins to interfere with the voting qualification, one can be sure that sooner or later it will abolish it altogether. The history of the american suffrage has been one of steady and irresistible expansion. One of the easiest victories of the democratic cause has been the struggle for the extension of the franchise: e. schattschneider (1960) Convicted felons: disfranchisement for serious crimes was common in europe, u. s. state constitutions began including such provisions in late 18 th century, by civil war most states permanently prohibited people convicted of certain crimes from voting. Today: 48 states restrict voting rights of convicted felons, 11 states disenfranchise convicted felons permanently. These peopleare subject to pay taxes, they are liable to be called on to perform road labor and various other duties; and, sir, theywhen the tocsin of war has sounded, rally to the field of battle.

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