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Quote Originally Posted by pai nai ma View Post
And a conviction for many crimes carry with it the loss of voting privileges.
Only felonies, I believe. Convicted felons cannot vote in elections.
Yes, it felony convictions that carries along with it the loss of voter rights - amoung a few other civil liberties as well.

But there has been a push to change this. And in some states felons can get the right to vote back.

There are tons of possible links in regard to this - here is one:

Locked out: Ex-felons struggle to get voting rights restored