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2. "Both sides", huh?

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Sat Dec 26, 2020, 03:04 PM

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I believe it to be a fact that even people who have been diagnosed as insane and incompetent [View all] Atticus Dec 2020 OP

They are probably not competent to register treestar Dec 2020 #1

"Both sides", huh? Atticus Dec 2020 #2

you think all liberals are above getting senile parent treestar Dec 2020 #3

"All" of us? No, of course not. But, I am just ( perhaps ) foolish enough to think "nearly all" o Atticus Dec 2020 #6

This is ableist. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2020 #4

Literally mentally incompetent treestar Dec 2020 #7

States have different definitions for "mentally incompetent," leading to a wide discrepancy with who WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2020 #11

Just putting a label on something does not make it wrong treestar Dec 2020 #12

Labeling people "mentally incompetent" to vote when they are not is wrong, though. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2020 #14

That is a legal standard treestar Dec 2020 #16

It's not, though. I mean, I suppose you can say "determined by a judge" is a legal standard, but it WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2020 #19

It's not a requirement? Well I assume most people know treestar Dec 2020 #37

But that's the thing with voting. A person is free to mark their ballot however they want. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2020 #40

"Courts won't grant guardianship without real evidence." thucythucy Dec 2020 #24

We tried to get my father in law committed... LeftInTX Dec 2020 #33

I'm sorry to hear about your family's troubles with the system. thucythucy Dec 2020 #43

No system is perfect treestar Dec 2020 #38

You may not be talking about "people who are disabled but still functioning" thucythucy Dec 2020 #44

Sometimes those Guardians will rip off the benefits the actual person deserves JonLP24 Dec 2020 #36

Absolutely. thucythucy Dec 2020 #25

In the U.S., insanity is a legal concept, not a medical diagnosis. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 #5

If felons can't vote treestar Dec 2020 #8

In some states, Mr.Bill Dec 2020 #9

I don't know anyone who is diagnosed as "insane" stillcool Dec 2020 #10

the checklist for determining competency KT2000 Dec 2020 #13

One standard I have seen suggested is that if a person can express a desire to vote whether WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2020 #15

you mean physical accommodation KT2000 Dec 2020 #22

Reminds me of that DUer who knew they would be asked that treestar Dec 2020 #17

Ha!! KT2000 Dec 2020 #21

I suggest we create a test for critical thinking FakeNoose Dec 2020 #18

You mean like this one? Tommymac Dec 2020 #30

Maybe they have an interest in having a prez... lame54 Dec 2020 #20

The last time I did door-knocking, Ms. Toad Dec 2020 #23

What are the "criteria for voting" in your opinion? What about five year olds---have they Atticus Dec 2020 #26

The number of people who are mentally challenged who vote is a very, very small amount LeftInTX Dec 2020 #28

Anyone who has reached the legal age to be able to vote, Ms. Toad Dec 2020 #29

I am sure this could continue to go round and round, but as my one last question, if five year olds Atticus Dec 2020 #31

We have set the age of voting at 18 in this country. Ms. Toad Dec 2020 #32

I need to vote for progressives to protect my mental health coverage JonLP24 Dec 2020 #35

Agree LeftInTX Dec 2020 #27

Straw man treestar Dec 2020 #39

You are reading limitations into the OP that are not there. n/t Ms. Toad Dec 2020 #41

I don't think "insane" is a real medical diagnosis JonLP24 Dec 2020 #34

Many people seems to regard all those, whose views differ from their own, as idiots; but I think struggle4progress Dec 2020 #42