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wisteria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 11:39 PM
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Prisoners are aloud to vote in Iraq.
What does that say about our country, when we don't do the same? I think we even take this further and exclude former rehabilitated prisoners.
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obxhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 11:40 PM
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1. Yup, one felony and your voting options are gone for good....
with few (usually expensive) options to get it back.
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wisteria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-13-05 12:05 AM
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2. It seems unAmerican to not allow someone who has paid for their
crime the right to vote again.
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obxhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-13-05 12:14 AM
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4. How true....
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Billy Ruffian Donating Member (672 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-13-05 12:06 AM
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3. As I heard it on NPR
it was prisoners that had not been convicted.
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wisteria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-13-05 12:15 AM
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5. Thanks for the clarification. Still they must be held for something
and with enough evidence to hold them rather than releasing the. So, at the point of conviction they would lose that right?
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-13-05 12:52 AM
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6. Let Tookie vote! nt
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-13-05 12:54 AM
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7. Off topic I guess, but I heard that any candidates had to be approved
by the U.S. Government before they could get on the ballot. Is that true?
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