beep@piefed.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 month agoCalifornia Senators kill bill barring registered sex offenders from running for public officesoria.asmdc.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia Senators kill bill barring registered sex offenders from running for public officesoria.asmdc.orgbeep@piefed.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareTomMasz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWere they afraid it would eliminate too many potential candidates?
minus-squareFabledAepitaph@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoThe bill sounds great just based on the headline text, but in reality, it would enable political retaliation like bribing an officer to say someone was urinating in public… bam, sex offender and now you’ve eliminated a political dissident
Were they afraid it would eliminate too many potential candidates?
The bill sounds great just based on the headline text, but in reality, it would enable political retaliation like bribing an officer to say someone was urinating in public… bam, sex offender and now you’ve eliminated a political dissident