"We need Publicly Owned Utilities"

No, we dont

Sorry, is there a reason the shitshow in Bolivia isn't a coup?

literally a military intervention to overturn the results of an election

Felons who have completed their sentences should be able to vote.

Additionally, Voter ID laws should be enacted.

yeah for real, how do you expect anyone to cooperate and do their time if at the end they're basically shit-fucked

It's an infringement on constitutional rights to prevent citizens from voting after serving their sentence.

That's why felons that have served their sentence can already vote in 28 states.

I'm shocked its that few

@Mersenne I agree

I agree with that, the only thing about someone who has had a conviction that anyone should care about is what they wer convicted for, so someone who was stealing should be watched to be sure they aren't doing that again.

you know how many people are radicalized to the right in prison?

something about being in that natural hierarchical state makes everyone become right wing, black Asian, white, does not matter

them blasian prison gangs are a real problem

but for real, thats less political ideology and more primal group instinct

you join up or get eaten alive

An estimated 5.5 million felons can't vote. With an estimated US population of 320 million, this problem affects less than 2 percent.

probably as likely to find a socialist commune in prison

And that's assuming every one of them would vote.

@Mersenne elections are decided on less

well, no, *candidacy* is decided on less

True. Which is why I still support released felons having the right to vote.

Yeah, let them vote. It's only fair that they can vote for politicians who will lower the penalties for their favorite crimes.

Whatever it takes to produce more right wingers

the king of strawmans! How you doing super?

Make felonaphobia a crime!

Awesome, how about you?

The real challenge is ballot harvesting. No one should be authorized to collect absentee ballots.

pretty good, my washer broke today though

Let felons gather the ballots

Creates an environment rich for abuse, with collectors historically discarding unwanted ballots while submitting ballots for their candidate.

And, arm the felons while we're at it

why don’t we all just have voter ID and then vote from our phones with our voter ID

Voter ID laws should be a no-brainer. Democrats defend 'the rural vote' - despite that everyone has an ID in today's age.

That made sense in the 1920s. It's a laughable defense in 2020.

You could literally vote from your phone with 2-factor authentication and a photo copy of a state-issued ID

That would actually be fucking easier than dealing with ballot boxes.

yah, voteing ID really should be one of the strongest IDs out there, not the weakest.

though, i'm going to be against E-voteing of any kind, to easy to hack into stuff with out leaveing any kind of trail.

Democrats require ID to attend their events against voter ID 🤡

I just wish there was a way to serialise ballots with out breaking anonymity.