Mental Illness & The Right to Vote

A New York Times article titled “States Face Decisions on Who Is Mentally Fit to Vote” (requies free log in to view article) has heightened concerns over a possible trend toward exclusion as a result of Virginia Tech. But the issue actually is an old one, which arises occasionally when someone seeks to enforce existing provisions of state law that prohibit certain people with mental illnesses from voting. NAMI considers such laws to be unconstitutional. What do you think?