Bernie Sanders: Even 'Terrible People' Have the Right to Vote [View all]

[Uncle Joe]

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“Yes, even for terrible people, because once you start chipping away” at people’s constitutional rights, even those who have committed a crime, “you’re running down a slippery slope,” said Sanders.

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In the 2018 midterms, Florida voters restored voting rights to people in the state who had been convicted of felonies, a move that will overwhelmingly impact black people who are incarcerated at more than five times the rate of white people. Some organizers see the issue as an “institutionalization of slavery.”

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“Cowardly Republican governors are trying to suppress the vote. In fact, right here in New Hampshire, the legislature and the government are making it more difficult for young people to vote,” said Sanders.

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Sanders said his campaign seeks to create a vibrant democracy, starting with the rights of all people to participate in the voting process.


http://fortune.com/2019/04/23/bernie-sanders-town-hall-cnn/