A Republican champion of democracy

[Bravus]

From the 'credit where credit is due' file:

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/06/crist/

[Dr. Shane]

I suspect it will be like giving the right to vote to 18 year olds. Few of them exercise their right. I suspect that few felons will vote either. I guess time will tell.

[Bravus]

The article suggests that they vote at about half the participation rate of other people. If the participation rate normally is around 30%, that would mean 15%, or about 1 in 8 former felons would vote. It's not so much the number of votes as, as someone said in the article, it's a step toward re-integrating people into society. Even beyond that, I linked the article because it is an example of a person doing something that is likely to actively hurt his partisan political interests, simply because it is the right thing to do.