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white_swan53 On October 07, 2020




n/a, New Mexico
#1New Post! Oct 27, 2010 @ 02:40:38
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In 48 states, prisoners are not allowed to vote; however, they are allowed to run for office.

A recent example of this phenomenon occurred back in 2004 during the presidential election. Leonard Peltier, a criminal sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment for murdering a pair of FBI In 48 states, prisoners are not allowed to vote; however, they are agents, was on California?s ballot as the candidate for the Peace and Freedom party. Peltier ended up receiving 27,607 votes - 0.2% of the overall total for the state! You can check the number of votes for Peltier yourself!
https://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/sov/2004_general/formatted_pres_detail.pdf



https://www.omg-facts.com/view/Facts/16590



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While prison inmates convicted of felonies are frequently prohibited from voting in the United States (Maine and Vermont are exceptions),[33] the United States Constitution has no prohibition against felons being elected to Federal offices, including President (Eugene V. Debs received 913,664 votes (3.4%) in 1920 as the Socialist candidate for President while in prison for sedition). The Peace and Freedom Party secured ballot status for Peltier only in California, where his presidential candidacy received 27,607 votes,[34] approximately 0.2% of the vote in that state.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Peltier#Presidential_candidate
sTreetAngeL On January 24, 2022
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#2New Post! Oct 27, 2010 @ 02:44:42
Cripe, how much more f***ed up can things get?
white_swan53 On October 07, 2020




n/a, New Mexico
#3New Post! Oct 27, 2010 @ 02:55:43
Shhh , don't ask that to loud , the powers that be just might want to show us.

the next time a politician is 'caught' with his pants down or a hand in the cookie jar ' and nothing but a lot of yada yada yada blah Blah Blah ,,, is done about it , I will not be so uninformed as to ask , why can politicians get away with stuff thatr any regular Joe citizen would do time for .
white_swan53 On October 07, 2020




n/a, New Mexico
#4New Post! Oct 27, 2010 @ 04:57:07
913,664 voted for an incarcerated candidate in 1920.

27,607 voted for one in 2004 .

It is excusable or at least understandable . in 1920 , there were no mass media , no www.candidates entire history .com , no google ,
but in 2004 what could possess close to 30,000 people to vote in a presidential election for an incarcerated candidate ? Two consecutive life sentences sort of incarcerated candidate no less.
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