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Yes 11 24.44%
No 27 60.00%
Depends on the crime 7 15.56%
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Should prison inmates be allowed to vote? Not counting the criminally insane.
Government for the criminals by the criminals. How quaint!
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Sure. They should be able to vote on whether they want to take a bullet to the head, or to ride the lightning.
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Sure. They should be able to vote on whether they want to take a bullet to the head, or to ride the lightning.
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We were talking about prisoners?
Who should be allowed to vote. Just because someone has committed a crime does not mean their opinion is not worth anything. They are entitled to vote for whom they believe will do the better job.
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Just because someone has committed a crime does not mean their opinion is not worth anything. They are entitled to vote for whom they believe will do the better job.
Your choice of words is inaccurate, there is no 'entitlement'. There is no God given right to vote, and furthermore the constitution grants no such right. With those things being said, what opinions are meaningful in the selection of the leader of the free world should be well filtered and people who aren't able to function as a productive member of society shouldn't be given the privilege of voting.

And it isn't so much a matter of their opinion "not being worth anything" but more a matter of whether they've the mental capacity to make an intelligent selection in what may perhaps be the most powerful elected position on the planet. So inmate and cons feel free to share your opinion with anyone you want, but when it comes time to cast a ballot I'd prefer your crazy ass stay at home.
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My honest opinion is that no one should be allowed to vote for the President, we should elect local representatives who would vote on the presidency, that would end the presidential popularity contest and get people focused on the representatives who trully have the most impact on their lives.
I disagree, but at the same time I respect this notion more than the notion of creating "tests" for who can vote. At least this way it is fair.
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And it isn't so much a matter of their opinion "not being worth anything" but more a matter of whether they've the mental capacity to make an intelligent selection in what may perhaps be the most powerful elected position on the planet.
I am sure that 99% of inmates are capable of making such an important decision.
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I am sure that 99% of inmates are capable of making such an important decision.
I am just as sure that they can not , they have made some really bad decisions that's why they are in Jail.
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