fandomsandfeminism:

Voting should not be a privilege that can be revoked as a punishment for a crime. Voting should be a civic obligation, a compulsory and expected duty of all citizens within a democracy. It’s not a treat reserved for the best, smartest, or most law-abiding of us, but a responsibility of all of us- like paying taxes. 

That means that, yes, felons should have the right to vote. It means that yes, voting should me mandatory. 

Anyone who argues that it is a GOOD thing that certain groups of people don’t vote or are under-represented in voting for any reason does not properly value the function that voting serves in a healthy democracy.