Just wait until our Supreme Court gets a hold of a lawsuit from our prisoners, citing that other "civilized" nations are allowing their felons to vote. Now that it's a human rights issue, it'll be interesting to see what they do with it.
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The story said the court found the law prohibiting prisoners from voting was "discriminatory."
As they say in California: "Well, duh!" Anytime you chose something you discriminate. If a country can't decide who to let vote, what authority does it have?
But if the ruling holds, I say, what about American tourists? Why can't we vote in Brit (and other EU) elections? Any law that prevents us from voting is discriminatory. And why can't we vote absentee? As long as we once were a tourist, we shouldn't lose our "right" to vote in a Brit election, should we? I'd say we are at least as deserving as convicted criminals.
Actually, I think it would do Europe a lot of good if their politicians had to worry about pleasing not only the locals, but American tourists, both present and past. Might bring some common sense to the Old World. And it might also bring some needed bucks for our struggling media outlets. For example, I could see where a fellow "standing" for election as the MP from Richmond, near London, might find it cheaper to advertise on rural Texas radio stations rather than the very expensive London media market. And that just might make the so-called "Conservative Party," into a truly conservative party.
The EU's court just might get more than it bargained for with a ruling like that.
