Stephan:   Four years ago I became so concerned about the American gulag that I wrote a paper called: The New American Slavery. This is the update on this trend. And note the opening reference to the importance of voting. I had two people recently tell me that they saw no reason to vote because the whole thing was rigged and there was no difference between the parties. I told both of them that was completely wrong, and spelled the different social outcomes that arise from different social policies, and what voting could accomplish. Look at Ireland. This report assesses voting from a perspective few consider, the felon community. It is a very damning picture. Yet this canard is deeply engrained in many people's thinking, and that is how the many are weakened and fall under the power of the rich few.