Neat idea. I have a feeling there'd be a feedback loop there where some politicians manage to convince people they're being punished for their own good, leading to more votes for the punishment rather than less, not that I have any concrete example in mind.
Perhaps if felons always kept their single vote in our system as it is, rather than sometimes getting it restored later depending on the state they're in, that'd help significantly? It ought to at least make an interesting counterweight to the prison-guard unions.
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Date: 2004-09-13 08:54 am (UTC)Perhaps if felons always kept their single vote in our system as it is, rather than sometimes getting it restored later depending on the state they're in, that'd help significantly? It ought to at least make an interesting counterweight to the prison-guard unions.