My 47 year old son lost the right to vote

[Jarqui]

24. That's not a good or fair thing

It is too broad brushed

There are different layers of competency.

One common split is between an individual's ability to manage their property and their ability to make decisions relating to personal care. When they cannot do one of those things, they might appoint (or appoint in the event their ability changes) a power of attorney to fulfil that role for them.

There is a different (arguably lower) level of competency for a person's ability to sign a will or name a power of attorney.

I'm not sure what the answer is as I haven't given it broad thought. But I can say this much having been down this road with PoA and guardianship with family and friends: to disqualify a person from voting merely because they have some sort of guardianship is WAY wrong. I have known Alzheimer's victims who, for example, adored Obama for 90-95% of their illness - towards the end, they were out of it. But before then, even when they were were child-like, we helped them get their vote cast - it was important to them. In caring for them, you fight for them to retain as much dignity as you reasonably can.