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Originally posted by lookout123
i don't hate prisoners. at the current time i have a cousin and an uncle in prison for different reasons. they chose to break the law. they have lost their rights in many areas.
since the idea of a guard or warden exerting undue influence on prisoner's votes, how about this one:
politician in area with a large number of prisoners runs for office with one of his ideas being that he will free prisoners that fall within categories x,y, and z. prisoners would undoubtedly vote for this person. they should not have the option to influence this election because that is basic bribery. "you get me into office, i'll get you out of jail"
bad idea.
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i think you;re missing the point. if the area is populated with enough prisoners to influence a vote, then that area should make decisions based on what is important to the majority of people in that area.
suppose there was a county that had a population of 1000 people. 600 of them are in prison. 400 of them are not. an election is held, and one politician's platform is prison reform and living condition improvement within the jails. the other runs on a platform of cracking down and reducing the funding of the prisons. 600 prisoners all vote for politician #1. 100 of the non imprisoned people also think there should be better living conditions in the jails. 300 people vote for politician #2. 700 votes to 300 votes. if the prisoner's votes are stricken, #2 wins by a lot. and the majority suffers. NOT DEMOCRACY.