Yup. They didn't want to seem soft on crime. Trying to win over you conservative idiots most likely.wasnt it biden and the democrats that did the crime bill that resulted is so many blacks getting felony drug charges??Once you get out you can vote again. At least in Michigan you can. Republicans wanted it so if you have a felony you can never vote again. Then they charged black people with felonies for using crack cocaine. But not the white cocaine dealers.I dont understand how felons cant vote but they can stand for office.