What was the reasoning behind not letting convicted felons vote?

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I reckon it's part of the punishment , you loose your citizenship %26 thus unable to vote.
You can however regain your citizenship,after your done serving your time or probation period. to do this you have to go through a lawyer.He has to apply for you.

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At common law, the only sentence for any felony was death. Occassionally, that was commuted and folks were exiled. Either way, they lost the king's protection. Certainly such non-entities couldn't vote.

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Common sense. Would you want our whore politicians courting the convicted criminal element as well as the unconvicted ones who go to work everyday on Wall Street?

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It was used against black people when they got the right to vote. The redneck sheriffs just charged all the blacks with trumped up felonies so they couldn't vote. The judges rubber stamped the charges. We are still doing the same thing today against any people the government doesn't like.
I got a kick out of the other answer. Who in the heck ever got to vote for the king? That is funny.

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probably because a convicted felon is looked on as an inferior person who if let have even a small amount of control on the lives of the average person they would corrupt society.