Yes

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  by Stanley W. Shura

  Created on: July 13, 2007   Last Updated: February 22, 2012

  It seems that most of the time, questions such as these are posed as "non-question questions" - that

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  by Ruth Woodhouse

  Created on: February 20, 2008

  Having been diagnosed with a mental illness should not automatically exclude an individual from being

• 3 of 24

  by Lynda Kohn

  Created on: September 07, 2010   Last Updated: September 08, 2010

  My article will deal with voting laws in the United States of America since I am unfamiliar with

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  by Shaniqua Smith

  Created on: February 11, 2008

  "Mentally ill" is considered a disability, if you will, and laws have been made to protect people from

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  by Elizabeth M Young

  Created on: September 23, 2009

  Mentally ill people vote, and have voted in every election that America has ever had. This is a right

• 6 of 24

  by Kent Reedy

  Created on: November 02, 2008

  The title given to this debate is misleading - since the normal, default voting rule for adults in our

• 7 of 24

  by Colene Pefley

  Created on: January 17, 2012

  According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 46.4% of Americans suffer from some type

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  by Kris Kennedy

  Created on: October 21, 2008   Last Updated: April 25, 2009

  Voting Rights of the Mentally Ill

  Restriction of voting rights for individuals with an illness of one

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  by Leslie Ann Campbell

  Created on: July 11, 2008

  First, it must be known that I am always in favor of granting individual rights. It is, in my opinion,

• 10 of 24

  by Penny Harvey

  Created on: September 14, 2007

  I have to start by saying I am in England - and have thoroughly enjoyed reading this debate.

  Who decides

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  by Liam Kloef

  Created on: June 28, 2010

  I should only hope that whoever posed this question is wholly unconcerned and even opposed to popular

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  by David Guzman

  Created on: August 23, 2011

  The mentally ill should be allowed to vote because we do not know who is mentally ill. Of course you

• 13 of 24

  by Zach Bigalke

  Created on: July 29, 2007

  Mental illness comes in many shapes and forms. Attention-deficit/hyperacti vity disorder is a mental

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  by Philip Kirschner

  Created on: February 08, 2008

  I have been diagnosed with serious and persistent mental illness now for 15 years. I had been treated

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  by Tammy L Mahan

  Created on: June 21, 2007

  I suffer from anxiety, that is classified as a mental illness. YES! I should be able to vote! I have

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  by David Furritus

  Created on: January 27, 2008

  Well, mental illness never stopped them from running for office.

  Contrary to what some writers might

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  by Carol Levy

  Created on: December 03, 2007

  "it ultimately is better to have more important choices left to more informed individuals."

  So writes

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  by Rosemary Redfern

  Created on: September 16, 2009

  Mental illness covers a wide range of afflictions. Some types mean the person needs special care, most

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  by Corey Kealiher

  Created on: June 21, 2007

  Year after election year, we get fed up with the system in some way or another- be it war in Iraq, or

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  by Amelia Love

  Created on: July 05, 2007   Last Updated: June 16, 2008

  On the last day of school, I gave my eighth grade kids a hug and a congratulations for succeeding this