>>1611009

Re: the independent candidate running for the US House from Virginia that's a pedo and convicted of threatening to assassinate a POTUS.

It's not just the pedo and anti-fem crap, but also what comes from permitting convicted felons to seek office and to vote. The last thing we need is more office-holders who think it's OK to break the law and have proven it. We have enough trouble as is with political corruption. Virginia citizens need to get McAuliffe's actions overturned. Several other states have adopted similar felon rights' laws. I view it as extended lifetime punishment for serious crimes. Just because felons served their time in prison doesn't mean they should fully join society again. Barring felons from voting will help law-abiding citizens maintain a government that seeks to promote law and order, not one that will coddle criminals or create opportunities for illegal profiting. Another alternative - felons lose their voting rights for some specified lengthy period of years after release and can only regain them after an extended period of being a responsible, law-abiding citizen; each felon would have to be considered individually instead of granting all felons voting rights automatically.