PreCheck gives you a few special perks once youâre in the security line. You get to keep your shoes, belt, and jacket on. You donât have to remove your laptop from your carry-on bag. And you donât have to remove your â3-1-1â baggie of toiletries, either.
State approaches to felon disenfranchisement vary tremendously. In Maine and Vermont, felons never lose their right to vote, even while they are incarcerated. In Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, and Virginia, felons and ex-felons permanently lose their right to vote, without a pardon from the governor.
Convicted felons are even allowed to vote from behind prison bars in some states. Those who support restoring voting rights to people convicted of felonies after they complete their sentences and pay their debts to society say it is improper to permanently strip them of the power to take part in elections.