Laws in 39 states and Washington, D.C., allow judges to strip voting rights from people with mental disorders ranging from schizophrenia to Down syndrome who are deemed “incapacitated” or “incompetent.” Some of those states use archaic language like “idiots” or “insane persons” in their statutes.
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States Revoke 1000s of Mentally Ill People's Voting Rights
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States Revoke 1000s of Mentally Ill People's Voting Rights
by Copy_Cat » Thu Mar 07, 2019 5:15 pm
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Re: States Revoke 1000s of Mentally Ill People's Voting Rights
by Parador » Sat Mar 09, 2019 4:01 pm
32,000 Californians have lost their right to vote in the past decade..
Wow. It looks like there are no standards. It's a pretty arbitrary decision by a judge.
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.
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