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All prisoners should be allowed to vote from prison
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Anonymous 6w

Felons lose their rights. Misdemeanor charges maybe but felons can’t even vote after prison

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Anonymous 7w

i actually agree

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Anonymous 6w

the comments on this post are so odd to me. its like if someone posted a hot take saying "i think the government should provide maple syrup free of cost" and the comments were all like "maple syrup is actually $30 a liter in most grocery stores" like yeah the whole point of the hot take is that OP doesn't think that should be the case?

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Anonymous 7w

All of them? Idkkk

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Anonymous 6w

I feel like if you have actually committed a felony and are serving prison time for it you have proven that your choices/decisions are objectively harmful to society and a big reason as to why you are in prison is to take away the ability for your decisions to hurt other people...

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Anonymous 6w

Agreed. But only if they’re citizens.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

But this is a good hot take

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

Obviously, some of y’all don’t understand what a HOT take is supposed to be

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 6w

right, the point of this hot take is that this is wrong and should not be the case

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 6w

I know that's how it is now but I think it should change! They are affected by the laws so they should have a say. The way it works now is inherently corrupt in a way. It's especially cruel to not restore their rights after they've served their sentence. But letting them vote even while in prison could act as a theoretical check against unjust laws.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 6w

Thank you omg 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 6w

I do see your point but I don't think voting is really comparable to those decisions. I mean they'd just be picking among the same options as everyone else. I'm sure there'd be an occasional scandal about a politician trying to pander for the prison vote, but non-prisoners would always have the majority anyway

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 6w

And different races get different prison times for the same crime.

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