given how little one vote matter, it seems to me that stripping felons of their right to vote is both petty and counterproductive if the point was to reform them into civic minded individuals ? (lemmy.ml)

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Also, seems kind of scary that this implies a future where so many people are in prison that their vote could actually tip the balance ?

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Also keep in mind that they count those prisoners as part of the census, which affects how resources are distributed.

So they're counted, but don't get a vote. Ripe for abuse by unscrupulous politicians.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

It's almost like they shouldn't be counted at all unless they are free to vote. But the states with significant prison populations wouldn't go for that. Maybe we can compromise. Perhaps only 3 out of every 5 disenfranchised prisoners should count for representation purposes.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

You'd have to eliminate children and immigrants too if you did that, but those new numbers wouldn't reflect reality in most communities with so many people being excluded from the census.

[-] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago

Small quibble here, but illegal immigrants are absolutely counted in the census, obviously they are under-counted, but they are intended to be counted. No one is "excluded" from the census.

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