[geeks] Appropriate Ayn Rand comment for the election...

[Lionel Peterson]

On Nov 6, 2008, at 8:10 PM, hike <mh1272 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Lionel Peterson  
> <lionel4287 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Nov 6, 2008, at 12:51 PM, Mike Meredith <very at zonky.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:09:55 -0500, Joshua Boyd wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, but why is ACORN sending people to prisons to get  
>>>> registrations?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don't know how the US system deals with this situation, but ...
>>>
>>> In the UK only those _convicted_ are ineligible to vote. Prisoners  
>>> held
>>> on remand before trial are fully entitled to vote.
>>>
>>
>> Varies by state. Elections are run by the states, not the federal  
>> Gov't.
>> Oddly, a convict can run and serve in federal office (Ted Stevens),  
>> but he
>> can't vote for himself in the election!
>>
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>
> Did you know that the loss of civil rights for felons varies from  
> state to
> state?

Yeah, that's why I said that...

>
> Some states revoke a list of civil rights; not all states that do  
> revoke
> civil rights have the same list; some states do not revoke the right  
> to
> vote.
>
> Some one/s carried the forms into the jails and prisons for the  
> prisoners to
> fill out.
>
> Check it out.

Lionel