“Imagine if just half of those folks could vote,” says a Mississippi advocate who hoped to defeat his state’s practice of permanent felony disenfranchisement.
The 1994 Crime Bill marked a shift in the politics of crime and policing in the United States. Sociologist and criminologist William R. Kelly states that, “While the longer-term impact of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 was questionable, the political impact was clear—crime control or ‘tough on crime’ became a bipartisan issue.”[36]
Sorry, who are the Democrats keeping from voting?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Crime_Control_Act_of_1984
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Crime_Control_and_Law_Enforcement_Act
a lot of people including helping keep the citizens of Mississippi from voting
supported by both Democrats and Republicans
and Trump donated to both parties at the times these acts were passed
shit stinks no matter what color you spray paint it