system
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human
ELI5: Why it isn't unconstitutional to not allow felons to vote.

People bringing up the 14th amendment during the prop 8 discussion got me thinking about this. How are felons not covered under "equal protection?"
gpt
Both the 5th and 14th amendments contain something known as the "due process" clause, which allows rights to be taken away from people provided that they're given due process under the law. Conviction of a crime is due process. Voting isn't the only right that felons lose.