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We have summary and indictable offences. A summary offence is more or less a misdemeanor, an indictable offence is basically a felony.


Yes, but the terminology and implications are different.

You can have a criminal conviction and still vote, for example.



"Many" but not nearly all. In Canada prisoners can and do vote.


I'm curious—would there be a way to comparatively analyze Canadian and American election results, to figure out whether prisoners' disenfranchisement has an impact on policy?


State to state comparisons would probably work better.




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