Posted on 10/08/2004 7:20:58 PM PDT by SmithL
JEFFERSON CITY -- A former law professor with schizoaffective disorder filed a federal lawsuit Friday challenging a Missouri law that denies voting rights to some people who are mentally ill.
Steven Prye, 51, said he moved to St. Louis from Illinois earlier this year and tried to register to vote but was turned down because he has a court-appointed guardian.
Under the Missouri Constitution and state law, those who have a guardian because of "mental incapacity" or are found by a court to be "incapacitated" cannot vote and can face criminal charges if they do.
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US prisoner and convicted double murderer Leonard Peltier would be my guess.
Larouche
Hmmmmm. I am not sure how I feel about this.
"Who do you think he'd vote for?"
His cat.
Well, if he really wants to vote, he could always move to Dade or Broward County Florida, where competency is just not an issue.
His dog
The little people
...don't feel bad about this one
Why is he referred to as a "former" law professor? I would have thought he is eminently qualified to continue teaching, judging by the existing level of competence at today's universities.
Well, Missouri did elect a dead man to the Senate, you know.
Tom Eagleton is still alive?
Dick Gephart?
Wouldn't he have a court appointed guardian because he was judged not capable of making his own decisions? And what is schizoaffective disorder anyway?
...denied the right to vote to SOME people who are mentally ill....
The man has a point. Its a fact that Kerry supporters are mentally ill so why should be left out.
;-)
Actually he can't make X's, he only knows Y's. Oops!
If one is allowed to live alone and make basic decisions for themselves then let em vote. If the person is so mentally ill that they require a caretaker to take them into a voting booth then no......the caretaker should not be allowed two votes.
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