2006-11-16 10:08:26 · 20 answers · asked by MSV_MGT 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I am sorry but none of your answres know what they are talking about.
Voting laws in the US are done at the state level. And yes in the US there are a couple of states that allow current inmates to vote.
Others states take that right away but give it back after a few years. In other states a convicted felon can never vote.
So the answer is yes in some places.
2006-11-16 10:46:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
That's all mostly true, but it varies by state. Some states allow felons to vote after a certain number of years--this may be after conviction, not just incarceration. Plus, there are people who are at certain facilities (generally not "prisons,") who are pretrial detainees, not yet convicted, who would have the right to vote.
P.S. voting is not a "privilege," it's a "right." The reason that felons cannot vote (i.e. the RIGHT has been removed) is because it was deprived pursuant to due process of law... a criminal charge and conviction.)
2006-11-16 10:16:28 · answer #2 · answered by Perdendosi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Britain, you can vote if you are in prison on remand, but not if you are there after being sentenced to a stretch.
I will not say whether this is right or wrong, as the question does not ask that.
2006-11-16 10:11:39 · answer #3 · answered by Phil Ossofer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think those that are in jail are. I do not think that most states allow felons in a prison setting to vote.
2006-11-16 10:09:55 · answer #4 · answered by cannonball 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they're not. In prison, you lose your civil rights, and one of those rights is the right to vote.
2006-11-16 10:09:31 · answer #5 · answered by Bastet's kitten 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they are not. Due to being in prison doesn't allow them much priviledges as being on the outside.
2006-11-16 10:17:44 · answer #6 · answered by ladyliberty1960 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they are not, when they become a felon they no longer are able to vote. even when they get out of prison they cannot vote unless they have had their records expunged.
2006-11-16 10:12:57 · answer #7 · answered by cvgm702 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they cannot
when in prison your are stipped of your rights and voting is one of them
and some felons that are out of jail cannot vote
2006-11-16 10:13:29 · answer #8 · answered by Slappin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope not even in Martha Stewarts jail camp... I mean cell.....It's a good thing there was nothing to vote on the whole five mins she spent in jail....
2006-11-16 10:13:08 · answer #9 · answered by damifiknow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Criminals aren't allowed to vote.
2006-11-16 10:18:12 · answer #10 · answered by cynical 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋