[algore]

Indiana has it right, as it is a right.

But not while you are a ward of the state.

[hanamizu]

“...But not while you are a ward of the state.”

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Many states locate their prisons in rural areas. Letting prisoners vote would allow the prison population dominate local politics—elections of prosecutors and sheriffs and the like.

[vikingd00d]

>>But not while you are a ward of the state.

Indiana doesn’t let welfare addicts vote? I did not know that...