Ah, yes, I think you're right, there's a difference in kind between an election you can't take part in and an election that doesn't exist at all. How about (i) an election that's so comprehensively rigged that there's no relationship between real votes and outcome or (ii) an unrigged election with rules so bizarre that we can agree that it's not democratic even within the permitted voters? i.e. does 'disenfranchised' require actual democracy or just an election?
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Date: 2015-09-10 06:51 pm (UTC)How about (i) an election that's so comprehensively rigged that there's no relationship between real votes and outcome or (ii) an unrigged election with rules so bizarre that we can agree that it's not democratic even within the permitted voters? i.e. does 'disenfranchised' require actual democracy or just an election?