Haven’t we seen these distinctions in the eyes of various beholders? Wicked prisoners shouldn’t have the vote. Really? Not any one of them, no matter how short the sentence or questionable the crime? What if you chose to go to prison rather than take the identity card forced on you by a future authoritarian government? You paid the price for your protest with your liberty and some would say that’s a democratic contract. But how democratic is it that you shouldn’t even be able to vote from your cell for a party that opposes identity cards?
