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minus-squareWaxedWookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoDoesn’t being a convicted felon disqualify you from running in any case - or is that just voting?
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoVoting, not running, and not even always voting. It varies state by state.
minus-squareWaxedWookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoYikes - that really highlights the US’s priorities… If you’re a felon, you can’t represent yourself, but if you’re a felon with money, you can represent everyone. No taxation without representation, and no slavery… but felons aren’t real people. Private companies profit from confining people as cheaply as possible and exploiting their slave labour - all above board. The land of the free has nearly a quarter of the world’s prison population… but only ~4% of the world’s people.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoTo be clear, there is no US policy on this, each state has their own rules.
Doesn’t being a convicted felon disqualify you from running in any case - or is that just voting?
Voting, not running, and not even always voting. It varies state by state.
Yikes - that really highlights the US’s priorities…
If you’re a felon, you can’t represent yourself, but if you’re a felon with money, you can represent everyone.
No taxation without representation, and no slavery… but felons aren’t real people.
Private companies profit from confining people as cheaply as possible and exploiting their slave labour - all above board.
The land of the free has nearly a quarter of the world’s prison population… but only ~4% of the world’s people.
To be clear, there is no US policy on this, each state has their own rules.