Responding to a Colleague

With the way the current voting laws are there are many people who are left out. While certain law makers are moving toward loosening tbese voter restrictions the goal they have set seems to be one for several years in the future. Meanwhile millions of people are left wondering when their voices will be heard due to past mistakes. I know several people who have had their right to vote revoked due to being felons, and I myself was once in that boat. Part of me believes the government would rather leave the decision making to the wealthier side of the population to keep their interests in alignment with the laws. Some may consider that to be a tin-foil way of thinking, but the question remains as to why any citizen would have their right to vote removed for any reason other than treason in the first place.