The state legislatures are who is to determine election laws, not the governors, according to the US Constitution...Originally Posted by Green Arrow
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The state legislatures are who is to determine election laws, not the governors, according to the US Constitution...
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MMC (04-19-2018)
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Cuomo Circumvents Legislature to Restore Felon Voting Rights in NY .....
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to circumvent the state legislature to restore voting rights for thousands of convicted felons on parole. He made his wishes known at Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network in New York City Wednesday.
“I’m unwilling to take no for an answer,” Cuomo said, after state Republicans blocked the measure. “I’m going to make it law by executive order.”
The directive cites the Fifteenth Amendment for justification. It also suggests that minorities are unfairly disenfranchised, since they are incarcerated at a much higher rate. It also purports that civic engagement is a proven way to prevent recidivism.
Some critics decried the actual order, while others are outraged by Cuomo's dictatorial behavior. It is an “outrageous power grab” according to Ed Cox, chairman of the state Republican Party.
Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe made a similar move in 2016, restoring thousands of felons' voting rights - weeks before the presidential election......snip~
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortne...in-ny-n2472284
When one Demo gets away with it.....you know others are going to follow and say those laws, rules, and protocols don't apply to us.
History does not long Entrust the care of Freedom, to the Weak or Timid!!!!! Dwight D. Eisenhower ~
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