because its not as easy as walk off jail
and six months later, voila... you can vote.
its clearly more complicated than that

those laws essentially disenfranchise a disproportionately large number of felons
and for very lengthy periods of time
at the same time as making it incredibly difficult to get a job

ban the box is a start

i dont know why we want to base our ideologies on people we know

i can also bring up a cuz or two who's reality is different what is discussed e.g
does this make my anecdote more credible?

shit, i can bring up friends of mine who aint legal and who are working some really good as jobs
definitely not farm labour
would that mean majority of illegal workers are making paper?
and sorry, this is not aimed at you, per se..
its just a trend i see in posts these days
'let me bring up someone i know.....
ugh

its such a lazy way of making a point