Re:Surveillance tools used by the Minneapolis Police Department
by calpaterson on Saturday May 30, 2020 @04:19AM
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In the UK people in jail (so a subset of convicted people) are not allowed to vote. The argument is that while you are detained in jail you are being punished by loss of civil rights and that voting is one of these.
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Re:Surveillance tools used by the Minneapolis Police Department
by nerdponx on Saturday May 30, 2020 @07:45AM
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As far as I understand, in Florida even people with past felony convictions can't vote, even if they served their sentence.
Re:Surveillance tools used by the Minneapolis Police Department
by DanBC on Saturday May 30, 2020 @10:34AM
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People might be interested in this which describes attempts to allow some prisoners in the UK to vote: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-...