The Vermont senator frames the issue in terms of racial injustice.
Bernie Sanders isn’t backing away from his controversial proposal to allow all incarcerated felons to vote in U.S. elections.
— Bernie Sanders April 30, 2019 When we look at the history of why our country has banned incarcerated people from voting, we must understand that the efforts to rob citizens of their voting rights was a legacy of slavery and continuing racist attitudes post-Jim Crow. 2/ — Bernie Sanders April 30, 2019 It goes without saying that someone who commits a serious crime must pay their debt to society. But punishment for a crime, or keeping dangerous people behind bars, does not cause people to lose their rights to citizenship. It should not cause them to lose their right to vote. 5/
During the CNN town hall, Sanders was pressed on whether he would extend voting rights to convicted sex offenders or the Boston Marathon bomber. “Let the Boston bomber vote,” Trump said. “I don’t think so. Let terrorists who are in prison vote, I don’t think so.”
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