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 ? - eviltoast

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 ?

  • CmdrShepard@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    1 year 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.

    • PowerCrazy@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year 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.