Last updated on:
11/28/2007 |
Author: ProCon.org
John Graham Altman, III, LLB Biography
- Title:
- Former Member of the South Carolina General Assembly, District 119 - Charleston (R)
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Should Felons Who Have Completed Their Sentence (Incarceration, Probation, and Parole) Be Allowed to Vote?"
- Reasoning:
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“If it’s blacks losing the right to vote, then they have to quit committing crimes. We are not punishing the criminal. We are punishing conduct.”
Speech by Rep. Altman, Feb. 2001
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with PhD's, JD's, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to felon voting issues. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to felon voting issues. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Member, South Carolina General Assembly, District 119 – Charleston (R), 1997-2006
- Administration Board, Lay Leader and Adult Sunday School Teacher, John Wesley United Methodist Church
- Member, Charleston County School Board (Chairman, 1981-1984), 1976-1996
- Press Secretary to Governor of South Carolina, 1959-1963
- Page/Clerk, South Carolina Senate, 1952-1958
- Education:
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- LLB, University of South Carolina, 1958
- AB, University of South Carolina, 1956
- Other:
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- None found
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