Inmate Voting

Posted on AllSides April 25th, 2019

On Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) told a CNN town hall that prisoners, including the Boston Marathon bomber, should be allowed to vote: “I believe people commit crimes and they paid the price and they have the right to vote. I believe even if they're in jail they're paying their price to society but that should not take away their inherent American right to participate in our democracy.” (CNN)

The left is divided over whether all prisoners, some prisoners, or no prisoners should be allowed to vote.

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