Quoting private musings thepmaccount@gmail.com:
And one to file in the 'it's unlikely anyone will read this far' box - does anyone think that banned users should be able to !vote in things like the Arb elections?
No, The vast majority of banned users are headaches enough without letting them vote in ArbCom elections. We already see people voting oppose to arbitrators who were involved in proposals against non-banned people. We don't need to further encourage that sort of thing. I find that unfortunate because I suspect that your votes would be interesting in this election (and more selfishly I suspect you might vote for me) but exceptions cannot be made for this sort of thing.