Buttigieg supports the restoration of voting rights for felons upon release from prison.
Buttigieg does not believe prisoners should have the right to vote while incarcerated.
“I do believe that…when you have served your sentence, then part of being restored to society is that you are part of the political life of this nation again. And one of the things that needs to be restored is your right to vote. As you know, some states and communities do it, some don’t. I think we’d be a better country if everybody did it. Frankly, I think the motivations for preventing that kind of re-enfranchisement, in some cases, have to do with one side of the aisle noticing that they politically benefit from that. And that’s got some racial layers too.”
Presidential Town Hall with Mayor Pete Buttigieg
CNN, April 22, 2019 | Anderson Cooper
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