Other democracies around the world—and two U.S. states—already allow prisoners to vote.
Senator Bernie Sanders’ call for all prisoners to be allowed the right to vote has drawn polarizing reactions: Supporters of the 2020 presidential candidate say such a decision would expand democracy, while critics attack the idea of convicted criminals voting.
Senator Bernie Sanders, who's seeking the presidential nomination on the Democratic ticket, participates in a Fox News Town Hall at SteelStacks, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on April 15. Sanders’ call for all prisoners to be allowed the right to vote has drawn polarizing reactions. Mark Makela/Getty Images
More than a dozen democratic countries ban felons who committed specific crimes from voting during incarceration, while 10 countries have implemented a complete ban on voting for prisoners. Only four democracies—including the U.S.—restrict voting rights after a person’s period of incarceration has ended.
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has previously condemned the U.S. for permitting states to ban those with past felony convictions from voting. The U.S."should adopt appropriate measures to ensure that states restore voting rights to citizens who have fully served their sentences and those who have been released on parole,” the committee said in 2006. It argued that disenfranchisement laws were discriminatory and violated international law.
The U.S. makes up about 5 percent of the world’s population but has 21 percent of the world’s prisoners, according to the NAACP’s website, which also points out that “African Americans are incarcerated at more than five times the rate of whites.”
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