Should Prisoners Lose Their Civil Rights

Prisoners in the United State lose their rights to various freedoms but that does not imply that they should lose their civil rights. Prisoners are counted in the census and should be allowed to vote; they take a percentage of the population in each state.

Gongchar, Michael. "Should Felons Be Allowed to Vote After They Have Served Their Time?" The Learning Network Should Felons Be Allowed to Vote After They Have Served Their Time Comments. The New York Times, 18 Feb. 2014. Web. 20 Nov. 2015.

The newspaper is comparing inmates that can’t vote now to the Civil War in the south where the criminal justice banned African American from voting. The newspaper also acknowledges that some crimes committed have harsh sentences. Any person can be incarnated

I can use this to compare on how every state should let the prisoners and ex-convicts vote for the president and not just the governor of the state. The law in which prisoners who serve more than two years are not allowed to vote, is something I find interesting, because it can become a law in the United States. I think the audience would like understand a balance can be made between those who don’t want prisoners to vote and those who do want prisoners to vote. I also want to know the law of how many states contribute to letting inmates vote. I might not use this article as much, but I will use the cases given and research more in

David. "Congress Must Pass Law That Allows Former Prisoners To Vote." Christian Science Monitor 18 Jan. 2012: n.pag. Academic Search Complete. Web. 7 Nov. 2015.

The article explains a bill called the Democracy Restoration Act. The author explains how the bill should be passed in every state in America. In the bill has a required test that the prisoner must pass in order to vote. The article explains the test is to show if the ex-convict cares about society. The author uses logos facts about how many ex-convicts make up society now. Schiriguna provides statics on how many former prisoners have jobs and contribute to the culture itself.
The article is useful to me because the government has been working on passing the Democracy Restoration Act since 2011. The bill if passes it will let prisoners who complete their sentence and return to the civilian world vote. I want to branch out and learn more about other bills that congress want to pass for prisoners allowing them to vote. I understand the author point of view and how it would contradict other people point of view. The article is a great use to understand the different opinions that contradict what I might state in my