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

[hike]

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?

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.