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Thursday, February 17, 2011
St. Petersburg Times: Debate surrounds voting rights of the developmentally disabled
"The voting booth today is America's great equalizer, where a genius millionaire has the same influence as an unemployed, retarded citizen. Advocates say encouraging retarded people to vote helps once disenfranchised citizens become functioning members of society, taking control of their lives.
Others see it as abusing the election system, letting ill-equipped people blindly cast votes or, worse, be exploited by "helpers" telling them how to vote."
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