• snooggums@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Technically they could be in jail and unable to vote becsuse of a prior felony conviction for those states that take away voting rights.

    Taking voting rights from anyone, including the worst felons, is absolutely against the core idea of democracy and should not be allowed. Yes, even cannibals and mass murderers deserve the right to vote because they are part of society even when they have been restricted from interaction because of their actions.

    • psychothumbs@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      Haha well yes anyone in any situation could coincidentally already have had their right to vote taken away for an unrelated reason.

      Definitely agree that taking away the right to vote is not an appropriate punishment.