The felons should be able to vote behind bars, according to Bernie Sanders

Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Said Saturday that convicted criminals should have the opportunity to vote even if they are still serving their sentences in jail.

"I think that's absolutely the direction we should be taking," said the presidential candidate of 2020 in response to a question on the subject at a municipal meeting in Muscatine, in the US. Iowa, according to the Des Moines register.

"In my state, what we do is separated," said Sanders of Vermont, which allows inmates to vote from prison. "You pay a price, you have committed a crime, you are in prison, it is bad, but you still live in American society and you have the right to vote, I believe in that, yes."

Although the restoration of voting rights for criminals has been a popular cause among the political left in recent years, most efforts in this direction have focused on restoring this right once a criminal has served his or her right. trouble and no longer in prison. Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Took this position at an event in Iowa last week.

The voting rights of those convicted of criminal offenses vary from state to state. The restoration of voting rights to criminals is generally expected to benefit leftist candidates, although the evidence supporting this theory is largely non-existent.

Sanders has a support of about 21.8%, which places him in second place, behind former Vice President Joe Biden, among a group of candidates vying for the Democratic presidential candidacy for 2020, according to the average RealClearPolitics polls.