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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 b
by calpaterson 6y ago
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.
- nerdponx 6y agoAs far as I understand, in Florida even people with past felony convictions can't vote, even if they served their sentence.
- DanBC 6y agoPeople might be interested in this which describes attempts to allow some prisoners in the UK to vote: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-7461/ https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-...