▲ 145 ▼ Dallas County Jail Adds Election Day Polling Place After Pressure from Activists (boltsmag.org) submitted 3 years ago by psychothumbs@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 9 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 18 points 3 years ago (2 children) I'm impressed as fuck that incarcerated individuals can vote in Texas. Maybe it's non-felons but still. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] psychothumbs@lemmy.world [S] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child) In theory everyone in jail as opposed to prison should get to vote since at that stage you haven't been convicted of a crime that would justify a punishment like taking away your right to vote. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] snooggums@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Technically they could be in jail and unable to vote becsuse of a prior felony conviction for those states that take away voting rights. Taking voting rights from anyone, including the worst felons, is absolutely against the core idea of democracy and should not be allowed. Yes, even cannibals and mass murderers deserve the right to vote because they are part of society even when they have been restricted from interaction because of their actions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psychothumbs@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 3 years ago Haha well yes anyone in any situation could coincidentally already have had their right to vote taken away for an unrelated reason. Definitely agree that taking away the right to vote is not an appropriate punishment. permalink fedilink source parent [–] McNasty@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago County jails usually have a lot of pretrial detainees. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psychothumbs@lemmy.world [S] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child) In theory everyone in jail as opposed to prison should get to vote since at that stage you haven't been convicted of a crime that would justify a punishment like taking away your right to vote. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] snooggums@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Technically they could be in jail and unable to vote becsuse of a prior felony conviction for those states that take away voting rights. Taking voting rights from anyone, including the worst felons, is absolutely against the core idea of democracy and should not be allowed. Yes, even cannibals and mass murderers deserve the right to vote because they are part of society even when they have been restricted from interaction because of their actions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psychothumbs@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 3 years ago Haha well yes anyone in any situation could coincidentally already have had their right to vote taken away for an unrelated reason. Definitely agree that taking away the right to vote is not an appropriate punishment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] snooggums@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Technically they could be in jail and unable to vote becsuse of a prior felony conviction for those states that take away voting rights. Taking voting rights from anyone, including the worst felons, is absolutely against the core idea of democracy and should not be allowed. Yes, even cannibals and mass murderers deserve the right to vote because they are part of society even when they have been restricted from interaction because of their actions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psychothumbs@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 3 years ago Haha well yes anyone in any situation could coincidentally already have had their right to vote taken away for an unrelated reason. Definitely agree that taking away the right to vote is not an appropriate punishment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psychothumbs@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 3 years ago Haha well yes anyone in any situation could coincidentally already have had their right to vote taken away for an unrelated reason. Definitely agree that taking away the right to vote is not an appropriate punishment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] McNasty@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago County jails usually have a lot of pretrial detainees. permalink fedilink source parent