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Non US citizens, what's the weirdest thing about USA elections, compared to elections in your country? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 3 weeks ago by plactagonic@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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For me it is the concept of registering to vote. I am citizen so I have the right to vote automatically and only thing I need to provide is some accepted ID.

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[-] Libb@jlai.lu 54 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Non US citizens, what's the weirdest thing about USA elections, compared to elections in your country?

I will probably get downvoted to oblivion for that but here it is: that one of your candidate was not put in jail already and is still legally able to run for presidency (note that I did not name said candidate, I would not want to influence US voters ;)

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 3 weeks ago

I like your optimism that by naming said candidate you would influence anyone!

[-] Libb@jlai.lu 6 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe I was a little bit sarcastic?

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Woah, tone down that rhetoric, Yosif!

^/s^

[-] oce@jlai.lu 12 points 3 weeks ago

Why would you get down voted for that on a leftist forum?

[-] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 weeks ago

There's a downvote bot, sometimes people click the wrong button by accident, and this community is not leftist

[-] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 weeks ago

When I see how some of our politicians can run away from justice, it isn't that weird.

But our justice system is truly independent from the political one.

[-] Libb@jlai.lu 6 points 3 weeks ago

True your two remarks.

And we also have a few very questionable representatives/candidate to whatever elections around here, but so far none that has managed to get away from a failed coup at the previous election — sorry, it was unintentional but I may have hinted at the candidate I was surprised was still able to run tor presidency ;)

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

There are some regrettable exceptions

[-] nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

In my home country of Finland, you can be elected from prison.

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