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Strypey

@urbanfoxe
> are you really still allowed run for office if you've been found guilty of cheating in previous elections?

I'm no expert, but from what I've heard in interviews with people who are, there's nothing in the constitution that prevents a convicted felon from running for office from a prison cell. That surprised me and it seemed like a loophole. Until I thought about the way baseless prosecutions were used to unseat Lula in Brazil, paving the way for the Bolsonaro Presidency.

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Knee Neart

@strypey @urbanfoxe I was honestly more surprised to learn that he'd (probably) be able to vote, as a convicted felon. It seems many states have come a long way in the last 5-10 years as far as convicts' political rights go

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