(July 8, 2015 at 7:41 am)robvalue Wrote: That is an interesting subject, should those in prison get to vote? I come down slightly on the side of no, but I'm not sure.
Maybe they get a partial vote based on their crimes? Not too bad stuff, you get 75% of a vote. Pretty bad stuff, you get 25%. Really bad stuff and the party you vote for loses 3 votes.
Partial votes? That seems highly trivial. You either get to vote and have it count or you don't. The whole point in voting is everyone is supposed to have an equal say, no? Everyone who's a part of that society at least. Prisoners by definition are removed from society, or at the very least I expect people would agree they're away from, and/or a danger to normal society. So why should they get to vote?
I'm not someone who thinks a vote is an innate right anyway, so I don't place as much value on it as other people probably do. To me, if you break a law and that requires a prison sentence, you just plain don't get a vote for that duration.
