AOC on prisoner voting: 'Should a nonviolent person stopped with a dime bag lose the right to vote?'

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has weighed in on the debate about whether imprisoned felons should be allowed to vote by suggesting opponents ask a series of questions to themselves to avoid looking"completely and utterly out of touch."

“Because once you start chipping away and you say, 'Well, that guy committed a terrible crime, not going to let him vote. Well, that person did that. Not going to let that person vote,' you're running down a slippery slope,” Sanders said when asked directly about bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. “To avoid looking completely + utterly out of touch w/ the reality our prison system: Instead of asking, ‘Should the Boston Bomber have the right to vote?’ Try, ‘Should a nonviolent person stopped w/ a dime bag LOSE the right to vote?' Bc that question reflects WAY more people,” she tweeted.

One of those who disagrees with Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez is New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. “You are in prison for a felony, you are paying your debt to society,” he told CNN's New Day.

yes they should as it is against the law - but it is not for us to say . . follow the law and for now we do not decide

She is right. The discussion has to revolve around what rights you lose based on the crime.

AOC Is this an issue because of the of minorities, generally Dem voters, incarcerated?

GreinerLouanne1 It is funny, the rightwing here in the US would deny non-violent felons the right to vote, but argue that gun laws are ro restrictive and that domestic abusers should be allowed to own guns. Huh. Then we see LOTS of foreign trolls attacking this policy, which is funny.

Those people don't go to prison dummy

While in prison ? Yes

That person should not be in jail.

This is OK for Republicans

This is, as usual, the wrong question. The question is should possessing a dime bag be illegal? If so, should it be criminal or civil? If criminal, should any jail time be included in a potential penalty. If it is included, should it be given for only a dime bag. 1/

The answer is non voting power to prisoner.

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