c/usa · by beep@piefed.world · 59dCalifornia Senators kill bill barring registered sex offenders from running for public office https://soria.asmdc.org/press-releases/20260630-senate-elections-committee-rejects-sorias-bill-aimed-preventing-sexcross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/onion/p/1232443/california-senators-kill-bill-barring-registered-sex-offenders-from-running-for-public-o 17 points · 2 comments · view on lemmy.world
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TomMasz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 59d
Were they afraid it would eliminate too many potential candidates?
FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 59d
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