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    This document discusses voting rights for prisoners in different countries. In many American countries, prisoners have no voting rights, while some European countries allow partial or full voting rights depending on the type of custody. The document argues that even those who have committed serious crimes should not lose their right to vote while imprisoned, as voting is a basic liberty and allowing prisoners to vote may help reintegrate them into society.

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    This document discusses voting rights for prisoners in different countries. In many American countries, prisoners have no voting rights, while some European countries allow partial or full voting rights depending on the type of custody. The document argues that even those who have committed serious crimes should not lose their right to vote while imprisoned, as voting is a basic liberty and allowing prisoners to vote may help reintegrate them into society.

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    Let Them Vote: Voting Should Not Require A Character Test

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    Krupa Patel
    This document discusses voting rights for prisoners in different countries. In many American countries, prisoners have no voting rights, while some European countries allow partial or full voting rights depending on the type of custody. The document argues that even those who have committed serious crimes should not lose their right to vote while imprisoned, as voting is a basic liberty and allowing prisoners to vote may help reintegrate them into society.

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    Let them vote

    Voting should not require a character test


    Voting for prisoners

     No voting right
     48 American countries
     Partial voting right
     7 European countries
     Intermittent custody
     Full voting right
     Many other countries
    The antisocial contract

     Liberty
     Right to privacy
     Right to voting
    Britain

     Prisoners may vote if


     Time of non-payment of fines
     Contempt of court
     Intermittent custody
    Conclusion

     Allowing prisoners to vote will not magically


    reconnect them with society, but it will
    probably do more good than excluding them.

     Even society’s worst offenders should not


    lose the vote when they lose their liberty.

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