Campus Reform: College Students Support Prison Inmates Being Able to Vote

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WOMAN 3: "Well, I think as a US citizen, like, it’s in our Constitution that we have a right to vote."
MAN 3: "I guess it all really depends on why they’re incarcerated and for how long."
PHILLIPS: "Where do you draw the line on who should and shouldn’t? Like, what crime do think would be disqualifying?"
MAN 3: "I mean, that’s a tough one. It’s — I mean it’s a line that, like, I’m not really in the authority to define."
MAN 4: "If it’s something minimal like — a lot of people are getting arrested for, like, selling, like, marijuana, things like that, and I feel like they should be able to be able to have their options."
WOMAN 5: "I think that if you are a convicted murderer, then maybe not. But I think like minor crimes like drug infractions and stuff like that, they should be able to because it’s our constitutional right."
PHILLIPS: "What’s your take? Do you think people should be able to vote from prison?"
MAN 5: "No."
MAN 6: "I don’t think they should because they’re in prison for a reason. Like, they committed crimes against the — like, against the law, so I don’t think they should have a say in, like, who’s representing us if they’re gonna break the laws anyway."
PHILLIPS: "What’s your take? Agree or disagree?"
MAN 7: "I agree with him. I don’t think they should be able to vote."
MAN 8: "No, they’ve committed a crime. I don’t think that they really should have a say of, like, what the government does or what they do, because, like, they’ve taken themselves out of society."