It saddens me that there are lawyers who have to spend their entire careers just trying to get justice for disenfranchised voters. What does this say about our country? It’s not a pretty picture. It goes against what our country stands for. That said, I applaud these lawyers for the work they are doing. I pray in my lifetime I will see black ppl treated as equal citizens. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
The only crimes that should prevent you from voting are 1) presenting yourself as a fake elector, 2) participating in a political coup, 3) voting in the name of the deceased, 4) intimidating voter, 5) other voting-related crimes. Anything that has nothing to do with voting crimes should not be considered.
Anyone in prison can run for, and get elected, to office. Yet they can't vote. If someone serves their time, they should have 100% of their rights restored when released. This is a black on my adopted state of NC.
Canada has a much lower percentage of the population imprisoned than the US has, as well. The US seems to make an effort to convict more people for more crimes and sentence them for longer terms compared to Canada.
Hard to believe that the US used to actually be voting monitors for emerging democracies. How far we haven’t really come. We are a legend in our own minds.
@@rb-pk8dsmost people don't realize that the foot soldiers that eliminate a lot of voters are cops, there are a whole lot of bogus charges that lead to felony convictions as punishment!
I was born in North Carolina and after having lived there for the first forty years of my life I just want to thank Daryl for his hard work. Just hearing the name "Jesse Helms" raises my blood pressure! Helms was of the George Wallace/Strom Thurmond" school of overt racism. The sad fact is that the areas that Daryl spoke of are the more progressive areas of North Carolina. When you get to areas east of Raleigh, like Smithfield, things get real Klan=ish, real fast. People don't realize just how much courage and resolve people like Daryl have to have so that they can fight this fight. I've got my Visa card out right now. Thank you Daryl and please extend my thanks to your colleagues.
I’m so glad that this showed up on my suggestions. I’ve supported Forward Justice when I could. I have to be really careful with my budget, as an invalid pensioner, even in Denmark. The banks have no social conscience.
Freedom in our own bodies, Freedom in the exam room, Freedom to love, Freedom to read, Freedom from gun violence, Freedom where Noone is above the Law. We choose Freedom.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 (General Assembly resolution 217 A) as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected and it has been translated into over 500 languages. The UDHR is widely recognized as having inspired, and paved the way for, the adoption of more than seventy human rights treaties, applied today on a permanent basis at global and regional levels (all containing references to it in their preambles).
When I was in school, I remember living through the chaos and instruction regarding people's fights for civil rights and voting rights. As a person who lived in PA, it gave me a sense of self respect to live in a country where human rights were upheld as a beacon of hope and freedom. Now in my 60s, that feeling has diminished the more personal rights and freedoms are being whittled away by hurtful people unashamed to go backwards towards bigoted, unamerican, unkind policies of the past. The USA was a government of hope and progress forward, not backwardness. Changed laws and policies break my heart as I see and hear the injustices. Today this wonderful country is experiencing inhumane treatment of our fellow man. I subscribe to the thinking of the Scriptures which tell us that God is love and if we don't love people we see, we can't love God whom we don't see with our eyes. Love God, our neighbors as ourselves. These thoughts are the best, greatest, highest principles for us all to live by. Shame on some people in powerful government positions who've turned their backs on uplifting others as much as possible. To see in a matter of a few years because of people like defendant Trump is so nauseating. Thankfully, my conscience and heart can't be forced to follow all the hateful rules of those people. I'm saddened for the trauma your guest suffered. But I'm glad to learn of how he was able to reclaim his dignity. Keeping one's integrity to God and the ways of love will direct us to everlasting happiness and peace.🙏
When laws are created to disenfranchise blacks, it would be great if those blacks became activists working across the state to get democrats to vote and to get like minded people registeted to vote. Explain them of the need to push Republicans out of state legislators so laws can be changed to benefit all citizens, not just whites.
The same thing is law in Ky. The ONLY way to get your rights back is with a governor pardon. While we have a democrat governor now, the process must be started in a lower court, which is very difficult to do.
One should note the correlation between the classification of crimes as felonies/ demographics. DeSantis attached a stipulation of the payment of fines/fees after an initiative passed to restore voting rights of felons, without specifying the amount of payment due. It's similar to a voting rights tax. Bloomberg established a fund to help qualified individuals pay off monetary barriers.
In NC all rights, except the right to own a gun, be in possession of a gun, are restored once the offender completes serving sentence and parole. Look up restoration of rights statute.
One of the things that can be done is to change the language of Section five of the Voting Rights Act to apply clear across the board to all States instead of being specific to certain States or conditions, and then reenact it after the Justices objections have been removed.
In Florida inmates are charged $50/day for room & board-for the entire length of their sentence. If it's a 15 year sentence & you only have to serve 5 with gain time etc. You're still on the hook for 10 years of room & board. You're expected to pay back a total of $273,750 for the 15 years room & board even though you were only there for 5 years which equals $91,250. Your voting rights are only restored once this & other related costs are repaid. What a great plan! Voter suppression & unlimited revenue. Prisons for profit for all. Think of how that 10 year vacancy is paid for at least 3 times over by others too.
Felonies are defined differently among the states. Many non-violent crimes can be labeled as felonies. For example, if your 17-year old son stole something worth $1000, he can be a convicted felon for the rest of his life. His job opportunities, gun rights, travel requirements, all are affected. At the very least, he should be able to vote after he fulfills his debt to society.
Hi! Could a speaker introduction with full name please be included? Found Daryl’s last name by search once the interview mentioned he co-founded the Forward Justice organization.
I am dumbfounded by NC Supreme Court's decision and the persistence of such state laws.
It saddens me that there are lawyers who have to spend their entire careers just trying to get justice for disenfranchised voters. What does this say about our country? It’s not a pretty picture. It goes against what our country stands for. That said, I applaud these lawyers for the work they are doing. I pray in my lifetime I will see black ppl treated as equal citizens. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Mark please continue fighting 🙏 for voting rights gerrymandering rights!!
That's unconstitutional to have to pay an average of $2,000.xx to get your right to vote back!
Sounds like an illegal voting tax...
If the current legislators don't have the rasist intent of their predecesors, they should be willing to correct the laws.
Bless 🙏 you Marc thanks for having him on history matters 🙏🇺🇸⚖️
The only crimes that should prevent you from voting are 1) presenting yourself as a fake elector, 2) participating in a political coup, 3) voting in the name of the deceased, 4) intimidating voter, 5) other voting-related crimes. Anything that has nothing to do with voting crimes should not be considered.
Incarceration
How about actually having to be a us citizen with an id? No? Yeah. I thought not. Gtfo here
@@Kevin-s7sThat's already Federal law.
Your GED is showing. Pull your skirt down, it's embarrassing!😎😂🤣💯🥥🌴💙💙💙💙
No laws for one group (ie Bkack Americans) that doesnt include all groups (ie whites, hispanis, asian, etc. etc.)
@@Kevin-s7s That goes w/o saying, silly.
Thank you both! Love to hear from voter rights heroes! You guys are warriors!
Thank you Marc and Daryl for fighting for true democracy!! ⚖️ ⚖️ 🌊 🌊
Excellent work!!!Hero!!! Blessings to Humanity 💗
Voting is a right even a duty in every democracy. Withholding that right to vote is not freedom. Come on America do better.
Good job man , a good family is important .
Anyone who had paid the price for their crime must be allowed to vote and not continue to be punished by voter suppression.
Yes, a National Policy on WHEN full rights are restored would clarify. Fees and parole should have anything to do with voting.
Anyone in prison can run for, and get elected, to office. Yet they can't vote. If someone serves their time, they should have 100% of their rights restored when released. This is a black on my adopted state of NC.
Agreed! What happened to paid debt to society? Voting rights should be reinstated.
Technically Trump can RUN but Cant VOTE for himself..how Insane IS That
@@shielanunn3484but didn't he do exactly that recently in Florida
In Canada every incarcerated citizens can vote as long as they are Canadian. Prisons have voting stations. Come on America do better.
Wow!!!! How awesome 🎉
Canada has a much lower percentage of the population imprisoned than the US has, as well. The US seems to make an effort to convict more people for more crimes and sentence them for longer terms compared to Canada.
Hard to believe that the US used to actually be voting monitors for emerging democracies. How far we haven’t really come. We are a legend in our own minds.
Literal taxation without representation. If you’re not gonna let me vote, then why the fuck do I have to pay taxes?
DC and Puerto Rico wants to know that too!
@@sassysaint3096 So true! ❤️
Exactly!!!!! They want a few to rule over the rest of us.
This should be the headline on all media.
Great episode, Marc and Daryl. Thank you for all that you do. 💐🙌🏽
Hi! Democracy Docket✋😊
Keep up the much needed legal and knowledge expertise in law, as well as the Constitution.
God Bless.
1-19-24
Very insightful and meaningful discussion. Thank You both very much.
how is this going to change in 2024 voting NC 🗳 gerrymandering for the Minorities we need everyone to vote 🗳
Thank-you Mark! I love the podcast because you always have such important information!
Its about equality and justice.
Sir, Mr. Atkinson, you are a remarkable person. Thank you very much for your work. Thanks, Mark, for finding and promoting people like Mr. Atkinson.
I still believe that voting should be compulsory for all citizens, like Australia.
that would require about 60 MILLION of US to wake UP and VOTE!
That would require states to ensure voters were not prevented from accessing voting !!
@@rb-pk8dsmost people don't realize that the foot soldiers that eliminate a lot of voters are cops,
there are a whole lot of bogus charges that lead to felony convictions as punishment!
Hell yes, Australia has a $500 FINE FOR NOT VOTING! It is the minimum service that you must give to our country. BE PATRIOTIC, VOTE DEMOCRATIC.
And military service of
some type.
I was born in North Carolina and after having lived there for the first forty years of my life I just want to thank Daryl for his hard work. Just hearing the name "Jesse Helms" raises my blood pressure! Helms was of the George Wallace/Strom Thurmond" school of overt racism. The sad fact is that the areas that Daryl spoke of are the more progressive areas of North Carolina. When you get to areas east of Raleigh, like Smithfield, things get real Klan=ish, real fast. People don't realize just how much courage and resolve people like Daryl have to have so that they can fight this fight. I've got my Visa card out right now. Thank you Daryl and please extend my thanks to your colleagues.
Do I hear a baby , baby ,baby loving this show .
Excellent segment! We truly appreciate the work you do, Mr. Elias.
2 people I have profound respect for.
To see in a matter of a few years the sneaky, undermining of America is heartbreaking.
Good, informative discussion. Thank you.
I’m so glad that this showed up on my suggestions. I’ve supported Forward Justice when I could. I have to be really careful with my budget, as an invalid pensioner, even in Denmark. The banks have no social conscience.
It's OK I am in the USA and I have to wait until I can give a little
Agreed. We need more justice in our judicial system. They want to control instead of represent.
Wonderful, informative discussion. Thank you both for working towards a fairer voting system. God bless. 🙏🇺🇸
Thank you
Freedom in our own bodies, Freedom in the exam room, Freedom to love, Freedom to read, Freedom from gun violence, Freedom where Noone is above the Law. We choose Freedom.
Thanks Marc! Excellent as always.
Thanks for your testimony! Justice & liberty for all!
Informative conversation. 💙🧘🏼♂️
Thank you both for the updates
Great interview, thank you.
Very interesting and informative. Thank you Mr. Atkinson and Mr. Elias.
Amen!!
Marc and Daryl you've enlightened my voews of how divided our country is , and now more so when trump woke up the sleeping dragon , Vote Blue 💙
Thank you Daryl✨💙✨🇺🇸✨💜✨
Even more timely 7 months later. Thank you for information I would not find anywhere else.
What an amazing speaker, thank you for the education! Stay strong & be careful, both of you❣️😘🙏🏿
We the People
Thank you both so much
Great show and guest
One of the most edifying conversations on this issue I've heard on line or anywhere beyond private scholastic legal circles. thank you both
If it were possible 56,000 walk and protest, We will not go back.
Great job sir bring this to the light
Thank you Marc✨💙✨🇺🇸✨💜✨
That's so right sir speaking 🔊 the truth
I had no idea. Great show. Thank you
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 (General Assembly resolution 217 A) as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected and it has been translated into over 500 languages. The UDHR is widely recognized as having inspired, and paved the way for, the adoption of more than seventy human rights treaties, applied today on a permanent basis at global and regional levels (all containing references to it in their preambles).
Thank you for your help
Congress should take up this issue and end being punished twice for same crime.
Very good interview!
Simple and yet complex at the same time …. Thanks!!!
VOTE BLUE AND KEEP AMERICA GREAT
Very informative.
When I was in school, I remember living through the chaos and instruction regarding people's fights for civil rights and voting rights. As a person who lived in PA, it gave me a sense of self respect to live in a country where human rights were upheld as a beacon of hope and freedom. Now in my 60s, that feeling has diminished the more personal rights and freedoms are being whittled away by hurtful people unashamed to go backwards towards bigoted, unamerican, unkind policies of the past. The USA was a government of hope and progress forward, not backwardness. Changed laws and policies break my heart as I see and hear the injustices. Today this wonderful country is experiencing inhumane treatment of our fellow man. I subscribe to the thinking of the Scriptures which tell us that God is love and if we don't love people we see, we can't love God whom we don't see with our eyes. Love God, our neighbors as ourselves. These thoughts are the best, greatest, highest principles for us all to live by. Shame on some people in powerful government positions who've turned their backs on uplifting others as much as possible. To see in a matter of a few years because of people like defendant Trump is so nauseating. Thankfully, my conscience and heart can't be forced to follow all the hateful rules of those people. I'm saddened for the trauma your guest suffered. But I'm glad to learn of how he was able to reclaim his dignity. Keeping one's integrity to God and the ways of love will direct us to everlasting happiness and peace.🙏
When laws are created to disenfranchise blacks, it would be great if those blacks became activists working across the state to get democrats to vote and to get like minded people registeted to vote. Explain them of the need to push Republicans out of state legislators so laws can be changed to benefit all citizens, not just whites.
The same thing is law in Ky. The ONLY way to get your rights back is with a governor pardon. While we have a democrat governor now, the process must be started in a lower court, which is very difficult to do.
AUSTRALIA HAS LAW YOUR REQUIRED TO VOTE. BRAVOOO WE NEED THAT LAW JUSTICE EQUALITY EVERYONE BENEFITS
Great show!
Yes Sir 🇺🇸🙏🏼✌🏼💯
One should note the correlation between the classification of crimes as felonies/ demographics. DeSantis attached a stipulation of the payment of fines/fees after an initiative passed to restore voting rights of felons, without specifying the amount of payment due. It's similar to a voting rights tax. Bloomberg established a fund to help qualified individuals pay off monetary barriers.
In NC all rights, except the right to own a gun, be in possession of a gun, are restored once the offender completes serving sentence and parole. Look up restoration of rights statute.
SEE !!!!! I TOLD YOU AND THIS IS JUST ONE REASON I ABSOLUTELY HATED LIVING IN NORTH CAROLINA
THAT PLACE IS BAT SH*T CRAZY
as are all the republican states.
One of the things that can be done is to change the language of Section five of the Voting Rights Act to apply clear across the board to all States instead of being specific to certain States or conditions, and then reenact it after the Justices objections have been removed.
Extremely informative, though I would like to know what happenes in FL.
Btw, this is how autocracies work: put their opponents in jail then say "as felons, they cant stand or vote"
I need both voting and 2nd amendment rights restored. Don't tell me I deserve "some" constitutional rights but not all!
In Florida inmates are charged $50/day for room & board-for the entire length of their sentence. If it's a 15 year sentence & you only have to serve 5 with gain time etc. You're still on the hook for 10 years of room & board. You're expected to pay back a total of $273,750 for the 15 years room & board even though you were only there for 5 years which equals $91,250. Your voting rights are only restored once this & other related costs are repaid. What a great plan! Voter suppression & unlimited revenue. Prisons for profit for all. Think of how that 10 year vacancy is paid for at least 3 times over by others too.
Disgusting....inmates care is paid for by tax payers...
TN just did the same thing.
Felonies are defined differently among the states. Many non-violent crimes can be labeled as felonies. For example, if your 17-year old son stole something worth $1000, he can be a convicted felon for the rest of his life. His job opportunities, gun rights, travel requirements, all are affected. At the very least, he should be able to vote after he fulfills his debt to society.
Great work
Felony does not disqualify from being president just voting for president.
But a felony doesnt keep anyone from running for office. Unravel that one.
"Who is included in the 'we,' of 'We the people?'
According to the republicans the 'we' is republicans and nobody else exist. Who do you think the 'We' is?
In the past WHOooo you vote for was Private! HOW did that ChanGE?🇺🇸🙏🏼
Insidious corruption from greedy people.
I agree
North Carolina needs to vote blue up and down the ballot. 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲💙🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
The governing body in NC seems to be removed from #any degree of #reality 💯‼️
Could this court be any more wrong ? Roberts says “Hold my beer”
They had the right to charge a Citizen if they wanted to vote until the 24th Amendment was ratified by the States, January 23rd, 1964.
Honest? Follow the money! Read people? Why not? Unborn? Why not?
56,0000 ! That's nearly the same amount of people who voted for Trump in the Iowa caucuses.
Once probation or parole is over I think voting rights should be restored. In America no taxation without representation.
Hi! Could a speaker introduction with full name please be included? Found Daryl’s last name by search once the interview mentioned he co-founded the Forward Justice organization.
"I cant even vote to change the laws that, keep me down" Annie's Scarlet Letter by Carolyn Wonderland
Money rules the American Justice System ! To the money ,by the money ,of the money.
IMO, people incarcerated should have the vote. Many of them turn out to be innocent, and frankly, they all need representation.
Marc in Florida the government lied when it was assumed they had negotiated in good faith.....Florida was duplicitous.
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I hate mean people smart people are better……
I wonder who did that