Unfortunately, I may have led you astray. I should have tried to make it clear that I was making a guess as to the rationale behind suspending voting rights - one that I don't 100% agree with. I was just echoing what supporters of that particular line of thinking have said.
Having had more time to think about it, I really can't get behind any reason for suspending voting rights.
What's the actual risk of letting those serving time vote? That they'll vote for their interests? That they might use poor judgement? If that's the concern, we have a lot more people who aren't in prison who vote for their interests and demonstrate poor judgement already.
I think that those in favor of suspending voting rights have one motivation: it's just another injustice on a pile of injustices meant to separate people in the "prison system" from "normal society," causing more harm than good for actual society.
Having had more time to think about it, I really can't get behind any reason for suspending voting rights.
What's the actual risk of letting those serving time vote? That they'll vote for their interests? That they might use poor judgement? If that's the concern, we have a lot more people who aren't in prison who vote for their interests and demonstrate poor judgement already.
I think that those in favor of suspending voting rights have one motivation: it's just another injustice on a pile of injustices meant to separate people in the "prison system" from "normal society," causing more harm than good for actual society.