Federal Law on Felons vote ...

Under the United States Constitution, voting rights granted by states. ... .States may not restrict these rights, how they fit, see, without discrimination based on sex, race or religion. ... .Article 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment expressly provides that States may restrict the voting rights of citizens "for participation in rebellion or other crimes." HistoricallyThroughout history of the United States, the voting rights of convicted. Limits were based on. .Gravity and nature of the crime. ... .The limitation of the criminals vote was based on the idea that those who have violated laws are not enough respect for the rule of law, and therefore may not exercise full citizenship rights section .. .'2 States in Article I of the Constitution provides for des that voters "has the qualifications required for electors of the largest in the state legislature." For the members of the House of Representatives. State diploma as well as for the voters .expected for members of the Senate in the Seventeenth Amendment .. ... .These two provisions expressly the sole authority to determine eligibility or qualifications for their residents to vote. ... .There is no constitutional provision that the federal government can limit the vote protection rights.Equal states can not have the right to based on race or gender because of the explicit prohibition of the Fifteenth and ten will vote. Th amendments. ... .The fourteenth amendment, however, expressly allows States to limit the qualifications based on criminal convictions. ... .In addition to directly prohibit under the Fourteenth Amendment criminals from voting, the states have different rules about when or if criminals get their right to ConvictionWhile After some states vote.Voting automatically the rights of criminals, if they have served. Their punishment ., other states. .more individualized procedures. ... .Two states, Maine and Vermont allow incarcerated criminals to vote by correspondence while serving his sentence. ... .Virginia allows criminals to apply for restoration of civil rights, including voting rights. ... .The application will be reviewed to determine if the criminal has completed his debt to society paid and has changed his habits. ... .Overall, some states completely withdraw the voting rights even after the criminals on probation and parole ended was released, while others allow parolees to vote, and some leave them on probation. ChallengesThe right to prohibit or limit the vote.Legal criminals was challenged to a vote. .Legal system. ... .Some believe that the restriction of the voting rights of criminals are "deprived of their rights. ... .Citing the disproportionate number of offenders who are minorities, advocates of the voting rights of the opinion that laws prohibiting or restricting the voting rights of the criminals against the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. ... .They also believe, because the criminals are more of a minority or worse, they will be attracted to urban areas. ... .After a concentration of crime in urban areas of the voting rights in the urban community is weakened, because part of the population not to vote. ... .These disempowered citizens, even law-abiding ....