Bloomberg pays off $20m debts of 31,000 felons so they can vote in Florida
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Re: Bloomberg pays off $20m debts of 31,000 felons so they can vote in Florida
#2What an absurd voting system.
Re: Bloomberg pays off $20m debts of 31,000 felons so they can vote in Florida
#3This is an actual case of billionaires buying votes, even if the system that disallows voting for inmates is kind of archaic.
Re: Bloomberg pays off $20m debts of 31,000 felons so they can vote in Florida
#4This is an actual case of billionaires buying votes, even if the system that disallows voting for inmates is kind of archaic.
Those inmates can vote for whoever they want and it probably won't be for the guy who wrote the 1994 Crime Bill.
Re: Bloomberg pays off $20m debts of 31,000 felons so they can vote in Florida
#5This is an actual case of billionaires buying votes, even if the system that disallows voting for inmates is kind of archaic.
I'm not sure I understand. I think "buying a vote" implies that it had to go to a particular candidate. This only allows these people to vote again at all.
Re: Bloomberg pays off $20m debts of 31,000 felons so they can vote in Florida
#6The original fact that you can't be in debt to vote is quite abhorrent.
In other times this would be quite the scandal. Given that right the Florida government is actively engaging in voter suppression though...
Re: Bloomberg pays off $20m debts of 31,000 felons so they can vote in Florida
#7This is an actual case of billionaires buying votes, even if the system that disallows voting for inmates is kind of archaic.
Those inmates can vote for whoever they want and it probably won't be for the guy who wrote the 1994 Crime Bill.
Lol, like more than 2% of these inmates even know what that is.
Re: Bloomberg pays off $20m debts of 31,000 felons so they can vote in Florida
#8Another site with the story, if you don't want to click on the Daily Mail: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/22/mike-bloombe...
Re: Bloomberg pays off $20m debts of 31,000 felons so they can vote in Florida
#9This is an actual case of billionaires buying votes, even if the system that disallows voting for inmates is kind of archaic.
No, this is primarily a case of a populist, broken system that prevents citizens from voting
Re: Bloomberg pays off $20m debts of 31,000 felons so they can vote in Florida
#10This is an actual case of billionaires buying votes, even if the system that disallows voting for inmates is kind of archaic.
Those inmates can vote for whoever they want and it probably won't be for the guy who wrote the 1994 Crime Bill.
Any polling to back that up? You'd be surprised