Prisoners should have the right to vote according to the principles of democracy. Around 2 million prisoners in the US are denied this right. While some countries and US states restrict prisoner voting, Vermont and Maine allow all prisoners to vote. The 15th Amendment states the right to vote cannot be denied based on race or past actions, but this is not applied to prisoners in most states. Advocates argue that denying prisoners the right to vote is inconsistent with democratic values of participation and that their votes could influence election outcomes.

2. English Comprehension

3. Should Prisoners be Allowed
to Cast Vote?
Argumentative Essay

4. Prisoners should be able to vote , Prisoners are
citizens too. They may have committed a felony,
but they are still citizens of their home country.
Some people think prisoners should not have the
right to vote, but many others think they should.
About two million people in U.S. are in prison. All
those people do not get to cast a vote in the
election.

5. They are not able to decide who runs the
country they live in. Imagine not being
able to have a say in our country. We are
a democracy, which means everyone has
the right to vote in our government.
Prisoners should be allowed to vote
because they still are citizens and still
have rights.

6. Prisoners should be able to vote and
influence the outcome of an election. If all
the prisoners were allowed to vote it may
have an impact on the election. Prisoners
want the chance to vote. But many
countries restrict the right of those
sentenced to imprisonment to vote in
elections.

7. For example, convicted prisoners are
automatically banned from voting in
Pakistan, Armenia, Bulgaria, the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Luxemburg,
Romania, Russia and the United Kingdom.
In Australia, prisoners are only entitled to
vote if they are serving a sentence of less
than three years.

8. As of February 2011 the United States was
in the lead of number of prisoners with
2,019,234. Prisoners do not have say in
the government. In Pakistan 80 169 at April
2015 (Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan).In New
York people who are on parole cannot
vote. As of 2004 thirty-five states forbid
people who have just been released from
prison to vote.

9. In the constitution it states everyone is given the
right to vote. Amendment 15 is the voting rights
act. In the first section of this amendment, it
states the right to vote cannot be taken away
from people based on their color, race, or what
has happened previously in their life. That
amendment is not being applied to the rights of
prisoners. Only two states, Vermont and Maine,
let everyone vote without ever stripping away
rights.

10. In Vermont the voting laws are you have to be a
citizen of the United States, a resident of
Vermont, has taken voters oath, and 18 years or
older to vote, this means that prisoners can vote
there. In the second section it states that
congress is supposed to enforce the first one. In
47 states prisoners cannot vote; in Maine an
incarcerated person is allowed to vote. Congress
has only protected this amendment in two states.

11. We are a democracy. In a democracy everyone
has a say in the government. The voting rules are
different for prisoners in each state. In some states
prisoners voting rights have to be restored. In
South Dakota felons must serve their full term of
incarceration, parole, or probation before they are
allowed to register to vote. In Washington, felons
have to wait to be off parole to be able to vote.

12. In some states, prisoners cannot get their voting rights back
once they have left prison if they have committed a very
serious crime. In Alabama, most felons have to apply to get
their voting rights back, but if the felon committed a very
serious crime like a murder, or treason they cannot get their
rights back

13. Those 2 million people would make a difference. When
the election comes up their voting could make a
difference in who gets elected. We are a democracy.
Everyone has a say in government. Just because they
have committed a crime does not mean their voting
rights should be taken away.

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