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Felons should be able to vote from behind bars, Bernie Sanders says

By Sean Higgins
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Felons should be able to vote from behind bars, Bernie Sanders says

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said Saturday that convicted felons should have the ability to vote even while they are still serving out their terms in prison.

“I think that is absolutely the direction we should go,” the 2020 candidate for president said in a response to a question on the subject while at a town meeting in Muscatine, Iowa, according to the Des Moines Register.

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