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Also, seems kind of scary that this implies a future where so many people are in prison that their vote could actually tip the balance ?

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[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 30 points 1 year ago

Because they aren't getting rid of one vote, but tens of thousands.

There are a lot of Republican states that are Republican mainly due to voter suppression.

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

It's win/win for them. Thousands of fewer (likely mostly) Democratic leaning voters, and thousands of additional people counted in their census.

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