Won’t they just vote themselves out of prison?
More than 30 countries around the world today such as Canada, South Africa and Finland allow prisoners to vote. This is not a radical idea. Every American citizen must be able to vote. Period.
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That’s not how prison works
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We've learned a great deal about who thinks voting is a right, and who thinks it's a privilege that the government can take away at will. Thank you for standing on the right side of history here.
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Especially when we have a highly profitable prison industry that incentivizes harsh sentences for non-violent offenders.
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This is what’s being lost in the argument. We can only make an argument for prisoners not voting if we have a somewhat responsible justice system. And we’re nowhere near that.
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This will ensure equality and equity and a fair criminal justice system. Otherwise we have the Clintons using prison slave labor at the Governor's mansion and Kamala Harris supporting prison slave labor to fight wildfires!
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It is a radical idea. We aren’t 30 other countries. We have rules and one is when you commit an act that puts you in prison you forfeit certain rights and privileges. Period.
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Yeah America is the only country with laws.
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Other punishments, such as exile, are not available in US courts. Disenfranchisement should not be a permissible sanction for anyone.
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