For me it is the concept of registering to vote. I am citizen so I have the right to vote automatically and only thing I need to provide is some accepted ID.
I am not American, but I believe the reason a felon can run is that the founding fathers didn’t want peoples political rivals to be able to bring charges to stop someone being president.
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And how does that handle a candidate who is in prison, and how is it different?
8 points
Eugene Debs, the must successful American socialist candidate for president, was at one point running for office while in prison. Of course he lost so I can’t imagine it helped
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I imagine if such a candidate won, the would forfeit their win by not attending the inauguration and not getting sworn in.
