Posted by yxibow on October 9, 2008, at 0:59:52
In reply to Re: Felons can vote in Washington state., posted by Sigismund on August 25, 2008, at 19:33:56
> >In some circles, vote suppression is considered just another tactic...
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> Like Australia.
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> The Howard government disenfranchised prisoners and closed the rolls from the date of the announcement of the election.
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> They lost and Howard lost his seat too.
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> I'd like to think that they were rejected because they were seen to be too tricky by half, but I suspect it was seen as an issue of competence.
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> Perhaps that will prove to be a precedent?Huh.. an irony since Australia was founded basically as a penal colony, among other things.
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