76th (2011) Session
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AB301
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Against	the crooks should have thought more about the consequences of their actions before they did them.	May-19-2011
Against	We have enough criminals in government already. This bill was brought by a Democrat. Why? Because the felons are going to vote for Democrats. Democrats want illegal aliens to vote, felons, they'll take anyone they can get. Oppose AB301!	May-12-2011
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For	No Comment	Apr-05-2011
Against	No Comment	Apr-05-2011
For	Once someone has fulfilled a sentence, their civil rights should be restored in their entirety. Government has gotten out of hand with its retribution mentality. These are American citizens and people make mistakes. This is the truest example of the over extension of government. Your not keeping us safer, your just extending power where it should not be.	Apr-04-2011
Against	No Comment	Apr-04-2011
For	No Comment	Mar-31-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-29-2011
Against	Convicted felons??? Why on earth...	Mar-28-2011
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Against	It has always been a penalty to be a felon, let's keep it that way.	Mar-28-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-27-2011
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Against	NO	Mar-27-2011
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Against	No Comment	Mar-26-2011
Against	POLITICIANS WANT THIS BECAUSE SOON THEY ALL WILL BE EX-FELONS.	Mar-26-2011
For	No Comment	Mar-26-2011
Against	Anything making it easier for non-citizens of USA or Nev. to vote is a bad idea.Felons have given up the right to vote.	Mar-25-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-25-2011
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Against	Hey, if a felon didn't want to lose these rights, shouldn't have done the crime!	Mar-24-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-24-2011
Against	At time the service person ballot is late and not counted, why would they count people in prision, who should not have a say, nothing outside the walls make a difference.	Mar-24-2011
Against	Under certain conditions the gov. may restore these rights. That is where it needs to stay. Who is pushing this bill and what are the motives? This is highly suspect and I would like to know why anyone in their right mind would consider this and it would appear that someone has in mind the forming of a voting block for special interests. Shame on you.	Mar-23-2011
Against	So now we are pushing to allow known criminals to become politicians? I think there is enough criminal activity related to government already without allowing known felons the ability to participate.	Mar-23-2011
Against	Felons will vote for Democrats. Democrats know this, so favor AB301. As for serving on a jury, I certainly would not wish a convicted FELON sitting on the jury on a case I brought! And lastly, we have enough criminals holding elected office. Why would we need more? At the moment, Claire McCaskill and Timothy Geithner come to mind.	Mar-23-2011
For	No Comment	Mar-23-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-23-2011
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Against	I am all for being forgiving of people that have served their time but this could be a disaster. Could you imagine an ex-con being on a jury for someone that they previously met during their incarceration. This opens things up for all kinds of corrupt behavior. Is someone wanting the convicted Clark County Commissioners to run for public office again?	Mar-22-2011
Against	ARE YOU NUTS	Mar-22-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-22-2011
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Against	These people are known law breakers.	Mar-22-2011
Against	please vote AGAINST passage of this bill. Felons should NOT have thier civil rights restored. They have, by thier own actions, lost the right to govern or judge the law abiding citizens of the state of Nevada.	Mar-22-2011
Against	I strongly appose this bill that loosens elections laws and dilutes the voting rights of law abiding citizens.	Mar-22-2011
Against	This bill lowers the bar of proof and performance for an ex-fellon to vote, thus dilutes my voting rights as a lawful citizen; increases local govt. costs at a time we can not affort it. I appose, strongly.	Mar-22-2011
Against	Do we really want lawbreakers controlling the application of law? This makes absolutely zero sense. Criminals forfeit their right to vote when they chose to break the law.	Mar-22-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-22-2011
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Against	To commit a felony in this country has always meant you lost your right to hold office or vote in elections. This is not the kind of people I want representing me as an elected official.	Mar-22-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-22-2011
Against	Proof of status must be provided when rights are restored. Look what happens when a presidential candidate doesn't have to show his birth certificate before getting his name on the ballot.	Mar-21-2011
Against	For this to be legitamate, there has to be a distinction made between the types of felony convictions that can be petitioned. Can't see a former gang member siting in the jury of of another member 20yrs later. Nor can I see a felony dui trial with former dui or substance abuse felons on a jury.	Mar-21-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-21-2011
Against	Those convicted of a felony have done something really bad, to put it plainly. They have chosen to go against the laws of civility and therefore should not be permitted to participate in elections as they may have ulterior motives.	Mar-21-2011
Against	If we do not continue to provide consequences to actions, only criminals will have rights. While incarcerated, inmates are bombarded with all types of anti-American propaganda. Allowing them to vote propogates this throughout society.	Mar-21-2011
Against	Isn't this like having the fox guard the hen house? Convicted felons will be voting in politicians and passing judgment in jury court cases. This is a lose-lose proposition either way!	Mar-21-2011
Against	Do we really need felons on jurys? And go you really need Felons to vote so you can get elected? This goes right along with the illegals, voting. You people have started to fall next to whale $&%!.	Mar-21-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-21-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-21-2011
Against	The right to vote should be valued. Vote no!	Mar-21-2011
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Against	No Comment	Mar-21-2011
Against	Are you kidding? Why is the assembly wasting time on this? Felons don't deserve to vote or hold office. They gave up those rights when the decided to separate themselves from the rest of the civilized community.	Mar-21-2011
Against	Another liberal idea to enlarge their voting base.	Mar-21-2011
Against	Rights are freely given ia a free society but you loose them when you break the rules. When a felon pays for there crimes & rejoins society as a productive citizen then consideration will be given to get those rights back.	Mar-21-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-21-2011
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For	No Comment	Mar-21-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-21-2011
Against	Felons are being punished that is why they are in prison. They should not have a right to serve on a jury. That right is reserved for upstanding citizens.	Mar-21-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-21-2011
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Against	This is wrong on so many levels that I don't even think it deserves discussion.	Mar-21-2011
Against	Convicted felons should not have these civil rights restored.	Mar-21-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-21-2011
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Against	No Comment	Mar-21-2011
For	I am for granting or restoring the right to vote to anyone who has served their sentence. I believe everyone can make a mistake and make a terible decision with awful consequences in their life. I also believe in forgiveness as we are taught by the Bible. I forgive and accept that they should have the right to vote restored upon serving their sentence. I believe that they should be given an official document that they should have to present to the voters registration to open their voting and clean the	Mar-21-2011
Against	As this bill is written, it is wrong headed and I'm AGAINST it!	Mar-21-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-21-2011
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Against	I am against this bill as I feel that a felon should not be allowed to vote or serve on juries.	Mar-21-2011
Against	Are you so desperate that you need to go this route	Mar-21-2011
Against	Please vote no!	Mar-21-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-21-2011
Against	are you kidding me--- these guys are FELONS-- they gave up those rights when they committed the crime that sent them to prison	Mar-21-2011
Against	This bill is utter nonsense.	Mar-21-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-21-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-21-2011
Against	No! There is already a process inplace for felons to get rights restored. Do YOU want violent felons' rights restored? VOTE NO! Repeat VOTE NO!	Mar-21-2011
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Against	U don't want any criminal to decide what's for the state or country. when one commited crime he lost any right. U want Americans who have the country or state best interest. It is bad as it is now , don't make it worse.	Mar-20-2011
Against	No way. sex offenders will also get the right to vote. Protect our citizens. They should be required to present a court document of their pardon. Read the Constitution. Stop promoting more crime in Las Vegas.	Mar-20-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-20-2011
Against	Strongly Oppose!!	Mar-20-2011
Against	Someone who commits a felony in the State of Nevada and against its citizens should forfeit those voting and other rights. This is one of the consequences of their acts against society.	Mar-20-2011
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Against	This allows the crimianl mind to vote on laws and people who make the laws. Bad idea anyway you look at it.	Mar-20-2011
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Against	Come on Democrates, why have you exhanged keeping the laws we have built this nation on for your weasel, underhanded tactics of trying every which way to beat the rules we are based upon for you re-election advantages? Stop the phony " it's all for the people" when we all see it's only for your reelection adv antage attempts. Are you American?	Mar-20-2011
Against	Please vote "no" on the restoration of voting rights for ex-felons!	Mar-20-2011
Against	Please vote no on AB301	Mar-20-2011
Against	I spent 29 years in the USAF protecting those rights, but only for those who value them. Many gave their lives for those rights. Shame on you considering such an action.	Mar-20-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-20-2011
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Against	Unacceptably lowers the standard of voter qualification	Mar-20-2011
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Against	Please vote NO to protect the rights of the law-abiding citizens.	Mar-20-2011
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Against	Absolutely unconscionable. Whose bright idea was this anyway?	Mar-20-2011
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Against	This is a very flawed proposal. Merely because these individuals have served their time is no indication of rehabilitation or discounts the very strong probability of recidivism. One such person on a jury could prevent an unanimous decision where a fellow felon is involved. The current law has been in effect for many year and has worked well. I strongly urge you to vote NO.	Mar-20-2011
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Against	Hell no. They have no rights to judge anyone. This is a slap in the face for law abiding citizens.	Mar-20-2011
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Against	This is just plain dumb. Bad gugs need less rights not more.	Mar-20-2011
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Against	Felons have no business voting OR Serving on juries. You don't put the fox in charge of the chicken coop!	Mar-20-2011
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Against	In some cases may be okay, but people who choose to violate the law and are convicted of violent offenses should lose these rights.	Mar-20-2011
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Against	the voting requirements and checks need to be tightened, not loosened.	Mar-20-2011
Against	Vote No!	Mar-20-2011
Against	I cannot believe anyone would propose a bill of this nature.	Mar-20-2011
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Against	Are you all nuts.. This is what wrong with our world and why its going crazy. All you should be ashamed of yourself. This is totally stupid. This message is coming from the middle of the Afghanistan battlefield.. Get you heads out	Mar-20-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-20-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-19-2011
Against	NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!	Mar-19-2011
Against	I repeat: Are you people crazy?	Mar-19-2011
Against	This bill will lead to more voter fraud and less qualified jurors	Mar-19-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-19-2011
Against	Losing civil rights are part of the price you pay for being convicted of crime. There is no need for this legislation. I urge you to let this legislation die in committee	Mar-19-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-19-2011
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Against	NO! Mechanism is already in place for felons to have rights restored.	Mar-19-2011
For	I do not believe it benefits society to suggests only the people with a big "F" stamped on their forehead has made mistakes in life. It is quite pompous to think the most educated or informed people in the world do not have felonies. An "F" stands for mistake, not stupid. I made a mistake myself before and have voted as Republican and as a Christian my entire life. Not everyone who has made a mistake should be shut out of society completely.	Mar-19-2011
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Against	This bill will weaken our justice system and restore rights to individuals who have lost their rights without any oversight to those who should not have said rights restored. Not to mention allow felons to serve in public office. What are the authors thinking!!!	Mar-19-2011
Against	Felons have given up their right	Mar-19-2011
Against	We would not consider an exfelon to be a reliable witness in a trial. Why would we think an exfelon should decide the fate of any person accused of a crime? It does not make sense to me.	Mar-19-2011
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Against	What have you guys been smoking? Are you that desperate that you want to lessen our voting requirements so you think you can garner more votes from those that you believe would vote your party? This is nonsense, again, I say focus on enforcing and strengthening elections, not weakening them. It is more obvious each session that our elected reps care nothing for the laws & only on their personal issues...enough of this. Uphold your oath of office and act like a statesman not a dunce!	Mar-19-2011
Against	Is the author of this assenbly bill out of his or her mind? I am staggered by this bill. It makes utterly no sense and would place felons in the position of allowign others who have committed felonies to go free. The assembly person who proposed this should resign in shame.	Mar-19-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-19-2011
Against	this is another terrible idea. It says to criminals oh we don't care what you did its alright see we give you rights back. What nonsense.	Mar-19-2011
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Against	Insane. Absolutely Insane. Felons have forfeited their right to vote!	Mar-19-2011
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Against	our democracy demands responsible and wise voters to pick their representatives. That criteria must be tightened not loosened.	Mar-19-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-19-2011
Against	Ex felons should not vote, have guns, or hold public office!	Mar-19-2011
Against	Please vote against AB301, exfelons should not be able to vote, carry or own guns, and should not hold public office!	Mar-19-2011
Against	This is just plain stupid!!!!	Mar-19-2011
Against	This bill is bad policy. There may be special circumstances that result in pardons that should restore these rights, but a blanket restoration is just a very bad idea.	Mar-19-2011
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Against	No! No! No!	Mar-19-2011
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Against	This bill is just what the liberals want. People convicted of felons being able to vote, serve on juries and hold public office. Our criminal systems are so lenient and slow it's hard to even process someone to the phase where they are a convicted felon. I do think that certain felons should be granted the privileges spelled out in this bill, but not for murder, rape, incest, sexual crime against children, and treason or felons with multiple convictions. This bill goes to far!	Mar-19-2011
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Against	Passage of this bill would help the Democrat Party candidates since most felons would vote Democrat.	Mar-19-2011
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Against	Law theory, practice and history establishes a felony conviction removes the felon from having civil rights forfeited permanently as part of the felony conviction. To restore these rights to a felon destroys this standing legal precedent and statute!	Mar-19-2011
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Against	Really now!! You want felons to vote, most felons will be back in prison with-in 2 years, most of them have no respect for the law or other peoples rights, that is why they are felons and you want them to vote. Shame on you!!	Mar-19-2011
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Against	Felons lost their rights as citizens (people) when they commited their crime(s). These people do NOT HAVE CIVIL RIGHTS, they gave them up when they broke the law(s) by choice.	Mar-19-2011
Against	They lost that right when they commited a felony.	Mar-19-2011
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Against	This is clearly a way to get more Democratic voters	Mar-19-2011
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Against	If passed this bill would compromise our judicial system and our electorate.	Mar-19-2011
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Against	It goes again'st Common sense	Mar-19-2011
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Against	Felons havce forfeited their voting rights and only if their conviction is reversed should they regain these rights.	Mar-19-2011
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Against	What ever happened to the consequences of felony convictions? This is a slap in the face for the law abiding people of this great state.	Mar-19-2011
For	This would be good AS LONG as there those forgiven aren't many multiples of felony conviction involving fraud in a public office.	Mar-18-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-18-2011
Against	It has always been the law you commit a felony and you lose your voting right. There is no reason to change that now. We have allowed change to make everything so politically correct that you can see why the country is going to hell. We have to stand up for what our founders said when they formed this country. We rights given to us from God (I know I'm not allowed to use that 3 letter word) of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. We forget that and ad all this other junk to maake everyone feel bett	Mar-18-2011
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Against	Another terrible bill	Mar-18-2011
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Against	Absolutely against this bill!!	Mar-18-2011
Against	Why change things now?	Mar-18-2011
Against	Assemblyman Conklin needs to vote "Nay" on AB301 to represent this constituent.	Mar-18-2011
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Against	Vote NO! All of a sudden felons have become "good citizens"?	Mar-18-2011
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Against	Our right to vote is something to be cherished. Why would a person who doesn't value our laws have the same rights as law abiding citizens?	Mar-18-2011
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Against	A felon should have rights taken away as they are not a contributing part of society. Giving them the right to vote is counterproductive and only serves to create mayhem. Law abiding tax payers should be highly resentful of this bill!	Mar-18-2011
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76th (2011) Session Opinions

76th (2011) Session
Opinions