Vice President Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, have both expressed support for varying degrees of expanding felons' voting rights.
Vice President Harris, the 2024 Democrat nominee, and running mate Tim Walz, both of whom have been criticized for leftist crime policies, have both expressed support for expanding voting rights for serious criminals. As Minnesota governor, Walz expanded voting rights for felons last year, removing the requirement that they finish out terms of parole or other post-release supervision and allowing them to vote after getting out of prison.
Allowing inmates to vote from behind bars would take things a step further. Currently, the only states that allow imprisoned felons to vote are Maine and Vermont, according to the Justice Department. Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., also allow it. When asked if felons should be allowed to vote from prison during a CNN-hosted town hall on the campaign trail in 2019, Harris said, 'I think we should have that conversation.
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