Oh, right, it’s about that weird US thing that people that have been jailed shouldn’t vote.
Because if you’re starving and grab stuff for your children that you can afford, then you shouldn’t vote. It just makes sense, a responsible person should just drown their children to balance their budget.
Wait, then they couldn’t vote either. Curse you voting authority, it’s like you don’t want some people to vote at all!
I just checked and in my home state of PA, convicted felons only lose their right to vote when they’re in prison. If they’re on parole or probation they’re allowed to vote. People convicted of a misdemeanor can vote from jail.
I’m not in the US, but like a lot of the world, I’ve been watching it from afar from quite awhile. And to us it’s both a somewhat familiar and a very strange place. Some of us go there sometimes (I did, several times). It doesn’t really change that initial impression (it didn’t for me at least). To clarify, it doesn’t mean I didn’t like the US. I found it very interesting, I loved the nature (because it’s so empty). But the culture is…
You know those Twilight Zone kind of shows where you think you’re in the same dimension, but you’re actually not? And the longer you stay the weirder and more menacing it gets? That’s the US when you’re from Europe. With the weird religious people popping up all over the place, you noticing all the weird food stuff, all the weird legal stuff, and it goes on and on and on. But there are still Europe folks that go for the so called American Dream. So maybe it’s just me.
Anyway this voting thing is an example of the weirdness of the US to the rest of us (it’s at least true for Europe, but it also works for many more places, as long as you don’t run into dictatorships).
Oh, right, it’s about that weird US thing that people that have been jailed shouldn’t vote.
Because if you’re starving and grab stuff for your children that you can afford, then you shouldn’t vote. It just makes sense, a responsible person should just drown their children to balance their budget.
Wait, then they couldn’t vote either. Curse you voting authority, it’s like you don’t want some people to vote at all!
It’s only felons who can’t vote. Grabbing some food for your kids would likely be a misdemeanor, which means you could still vote.
Is that true in all states?
I just checked and in my home state of PA, convicted felons only lose their right to vote when they’re in prison. If they’re on parole or probation they’re allowed to vote. People convicted of a misdemeanor can vote from jail.
So I guess it varies a lot more than I thought.
I’m not in the US, but like a lot of the world, I’ve been watching it from afar from quite awhile. And to us it’s both a somewhat familiar and a very strange place. Some of us go there sometimes (I did, several times). It doesn’t really change that initial impression (it didn’t for me at least). To clarify, it doesn’t mean I didn’t like the US. I found it very interesting, I loved the nature (because it’s so empty). But the culture is…
You know those Twilight Zone kind of shows where you think you’re in the same dimension, but you’re actually not? And the longer you stay the weirder and more menacing it gets? That’s the US when you’re from Europe. With the weird religious people popping up all over the place, you noticing all the weird food stuff, all the weird legal stuff, and it goes on and on and on. But there are still Europe folks that go for the so called American Dream. So maybe it’s just me.
Anyway this voting thing is an example of the weirdness of the US to the rest of us (it’s at least true for Europe, but it also works for many more places, as long as you don’t run into dictatorships).