Tomás Heneghan: “When I sit down at the family table at Christmas, only one-third of my family around it have a right to vote. I couldn’t justify that.” Maybe you need to be versed in Ovid and the Saturnian meter for it to make sense that someone can be good enough to sit in the Seanad but not good enough to vote for it - Justine McCarthy https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/04/07/justine-mccarthy-what-makes-a-greek-scholar-qualified-to-choose-a-senator/ #Seanad #UniversalSuffrage

Democracy Alerts - Vermont Supreme Court Allows Montpelier’s Noncitizen Voting Law To Remain in Place  - Democracy Docket https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/vermont-supreme-court-allows-montpeliers-noncitizen-voting-law-to-remain-in-place/

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Democracy Alerts - Massachusetts Lawmakers Introduce Amendment to End Felony Disenfranchisement - Democracy Docket https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/massachusetts-lawmakers-introduce-amendment-to-end-felony-disenfranchisement/

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