Last updated on:
6/4/2013 |
Author: ProCon.org
Paul Cellucci, JD Biography
- Title:
- Former Governor of Massachusetts
- 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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“They certainly should not be voting while they are in prison. That’s for sure. If you go there to be punished, this should be part of the punishment.”
“State Among Four To Allow Prisoner Voting,” Associated Press, Apr. 19, 1999
- 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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- Speaker, Celebrity Speakers Int’l., an International Lecture Bureau, 2006-Present
- Executive Vice-President of Corporate Development, Magna Entertainment Corp (a Canadian gambling and horse racetrack company), 2005-2006
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Canada, 2001-2005
- Governor, Massachusetts (resigned as Governor to serve as Ambassador to Canada), 1999-2001
- Governor, Massachusetts (upon resignation of then-Governor William Weld), 1997-1999
- Lieutenant Governor, Massachusetts, 1991-1997
- Member, Massachusetts State Senate, 1984-1991
- Member, Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1977-1984
- U.S. Army Reserves, held rank of Captain upon honorable discharge, 1970-1978
- Hudson Board of Selectmen, 1971-1977
- Member, Hudson Charter Commission, 1970-1971
- Education:
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- JD, Boston College, 1973
- BS, Boston College School of Management, 1970
- Other:
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- Born Apr. 24, 1948 and died June 08, 2013
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