I'm impressed as fuck that incarcerated individuals can vote in Texas. Maybe it's non-felons but still.
this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2023
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County jails usually have a lot of pretrial detainees.
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.
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.
It’s so incredibly fucked up that we ever made it so convicted felons cannot vote. I say that as a former cop and former Republican turned staunch liberal.
Even more fucked up that prisoners can legally be used for slave labor. (13th amendment)
Agreed. Super fucked up.
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