• lud@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Btw it’s insane to exclude people in a supposed democracy based on criminal convictions.

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        5 months ago

        It seems that they exclude people wherever the commenter lives too.

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          5 months ago

          Can exclude, not all of them do, I think it has to be a specific part of the sentence (ie not automatic) because some high court ruled that some years ago.

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            5 months ago

            Can exclude, not all of them do Who are “them”?

            Who is excluding people where you live and why can they do that? Isn’t it handled centrally by a single governmental body?

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              5 months ago

              I meant not all criminal offenses necessarily cause an exclusion from voting rights. If I recall correctly there is a list of specific ones for which people can be sentenced to loss of voting rights.

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                5 months ago

                That sounds logical for offences that have something to do with trying to overthrow the government or the like