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minus-squareWaxedWookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·11 months agoDoesn’t being a convicted felon disqualify you from running in any case - or is that just voting?
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoVoting, not running, and not even always voting. It varies state by state.
minus-squareWaxedWookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoYikes - that really highlights the US’s priorities… If you’re a felon, you can’t represent yourself, but if you’re a felon with money, you can represent everyone. No taxation without representation, and no slavery… but felons aren’t real people. Private companies profit from confining people as cheaply as possible and exploiting their slave labour - all above board. The land of the free has nearly a quarter of the world’s prison population… but only ~4% of the world’s people.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoTo be clear, there is no US policy on this, each state has their own rules.
minus-squareMario_Dies.wav@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoLeonard Peltier, for example, has run for president from prison.
Doesn’t being a convicted felon disqualify you from running in any case - or is that just voting?
Voting, not running, and not even always voting. It varies state by state.
Yikes - that really highlights the US’s priorities…
If you’re a felon, you can’t represent yourself, but if you’re a felon with money, you can represent everyone.
No taxation without representation, and no slavery… but felons aren’t real people.
Private companies profit from confining people as cheaply as possible and exploiting their slave labour - all above board.
The land of the free has nearly a quarter of the world’s prison population… but only ~4% of the world’s people.
To be clear, there is no US policy on this, each state has their own rules.
Leonard Peltier, for example, has run for president from prison.