Should people with felony convictions automatically regain voting rights after serving their sentences?

Everyone talks about second chances, but almost nobody mentions how fast the second chance gets wasted. The Bureau of Justice Statistics found that 83% of state prisoners released were rearrested within nine years, which means a huge share of people restored on day one will be back inside before the next presidential election. I am not saying nobody deserves the vote, I am saying timing matters: a waiting period or a clean-record stretch proves the reintegration is real instead of assumed. States that restore rights after parole or probation ends already strike this balance, and their approach respects both the person who stayed straight and the community taking the risk. Automatic restoration at the prison door skips the only evidence that matters, which is what someone does with their freedom.