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Voting in the Sozialwahl. It's not an especially consequential election, but it's the closest to democracy I've experienced for a while. Time was I'd vote in three countries: national elections in UK and Australia, local elections in Germany. These days I think I'm completely disenfranchised.

For the record, I believe in universal suffrage, in both the strong and weak forms. The weak form says that if you live in a place, you should be able to vote in that place's elections, without regard to age, citizenship status, legal status, or any other qualification. The strong form says that you should be able to vote without regard to age, citizenship status, legal status, or any other qualification.

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