Bernie Sanders advocates voting rights for incarcerated criminals...

[TexasTowelie]

94. However, we do limit the right to vote among the people living in this country.

We don't let non-citizens vote. And among our citizens, we don't let people under 18 vote and we don't let the mentally incompetent vote. While voting is considered to be a right, it is also considered to be a privilege and government has that option to curtail those privileges.

I consider driving to be more of a right than voting. Not being able to drive has a larger economic impact on people (including those who may not have committed a crime or those who committed a crime many years ago) since it hinders the opportunity to be employed and the constitutional right of pursuit of happiness. However, from the first driver's education class onward the instructors emphasize that driving is a privilege. From a personal perspective, letting an unsafe driver on the highway creates a much larger danger to myself, to property, and other members of society which is why governments can limit that privilege. For the express reason of being a deterrent, I support the government limiting whether prisoners can vote. If those prisoners are concerned about losing the ability to vote, then maybe it will help prevent criminal activity.