Comments on: Voteless http://canadianbaconbarbie.com/2008/09/voteless/ Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:07:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: chris http://canadianbaconbarbie.com/2008/09/voteless/comment-page-1/#comment-6278 chris Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:15:53 +0000 http://canadianbaconbarbie.com/2008/09/voteless/#comment-6278 In the U.S. convicted felons lose their right to vote. Which I've never completely understood. Like you said, Are they not now a citizen of this country? Even after they have paid their debt? On the other hand, as one who has taught many an 18 and 19 year old, I've always considered it a bit of a systemic flaw that those still in the ideological clutches of their parents should be allowed unfettered access to our polls. Something about it just doesn't seem fair. Sometimes it's like dads and moms get two votes... In the U.S. convicted felons lose their right to vote. Which I’ve never completely understood. Like you said, Are they not now a citizen of this country? Even after they have paid their debt?

On the other hand, as one who has taught many an 18 and 19 year old, I’ve always considered it a bit of a systemic flaw that those still in the ideological clutches of their parents should be allowed unfettered access to our polls. Something about it just doesn’t seem fair. Sometimes it’s like dads and moms get two votes…

]]> By: Kimberly Blessing http://canadianbaconbarbie.com/2008/09/voteless/comment-page-1/#comment-6276 Kimberly Blessing Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:29:14 +0000 http://canadianbaconbarbie.com/2008/09/voteless/#comment-6276 I'm shocked to hear of this limitation on Canadian citizens! I have American friends who live outside the country who follow our politics quite closely and always vote by absentee ballot -- I often find that they're more knowledgeable (and have better perspective) than Americans living in the U.S.A. If the Canadian government thinks that its citizens who live elsewhere don't follow politics closely enough to continue voting, that's awfully sad. :( I’m shocked to hear of this limitation on Canadian citizens! I have American friends who live outside the country who follow our politics quite closely and always vote by absentee ballot — I often find that they’re more knowledgeable (and have better perspective) than Americans living in the U.S.A. If the Canadian government thinks that its citizens who live elsewhere don’t follow politics closely enough to continue voting, that’s awfully sad. :(

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