MANCHESTER, N.H. — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg says he doesn’t believe convicted criminals in prison should be able to vote.
The South Bend, Indiana, mayor said Monday at a CNN town hall in New Hampshire that part of the punishment when someone is convicted of a crime is losing certain rights.
That stands in stark contrast to the position taken earlier Monday by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who said he believes felons – even including people like Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be able to keep their right to vote. He says the right to vote “is inherent to our democracy. Yes, even for terrible people.”
California Sen. Kamala Harris said she thinks “we should have that conversation” about whether convicted criminals like Tsarnaev should be able to keep their right to vote.
Tsarnaev killed three people and injured hundreds in 2013 with a pair of pressure-cooker bombs and was sentenced to death.
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