History+Benchmark+(Rebuttal)

//Kyara Broady, Ashira Rollins, Christen Seeley, Kenney Paul History X Band Air Stream

__**History Benchmark Quarter 1**__

**Many Americans are able to vote every 4 years to elect a new president to run the country. But there are many Americans that can’t vote for a numerous amount of reasons. One of the most popular reasons for this would be that there is a law saying that if you were convicted of a felony you not allowed voting. This is just morally wrong. Many agree with this, many don’t. Most people who believe that felons are not good enough to vote would say some quotes like the ones below, and the people who think that this is wrong would possibly respond like the following…**

//“Why should prisoners be allowed to vote? They did something horrible therefore they shouldn’t be treated like everyone else”.//

**American society is always saying how everyone should be treated equally and everyone should feel like they are apart of the American society and how would they feel like that if they are not welcomed back into the society by allowing them to vote. Felon or no felon they should still be able to vote. Just because that person did something wrong for whatever reason they shouldn’t be discriminated against. Okay some might think that men and women convicted of a felony are maybe somewhat unstable considering on the crime they committed and they shouldn’t really have a say on who is going to run the country, but I do believe they should be allowed to vote. Because just like everyone else they should have a say on what is going on.**

//“If felons violated the rights of the constitution, so therefore you shouldn’t have a say”//

I**t is understanding that felons have committed a crime and they have broken the law. But if they have been convicted and paid their debt to society why should they be excluded once they are out and set free. They paid there debt, not saying you should be allowed to do everything a free person is. Like having a decent job and having a house. But what is confusing is what does having a right to vote have to do with you being a felon. That would not affect their choice of who should be president. If they are not unstable you should be sane enough to choose a leader of the free world.** Once they committed the crime they basically gave up their rights of having a say. So why should they be allowed to vote?”//