Bernie Sanders Says Convicted Terrorists and Sex Offenders Should be Allowed to Vote

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) participates in a Fox News Town Hall at SteelStacks in Bethlehem, Penn., on April 15. Mark Makela/Getty Images

Presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders expressed support for restoring voting rights to convicted terrorists and sex offenders.

Sanders (I-Vt.) defended extending the right to vote “even for terrible people,” in a speech at a town hall in Manchester, New Hampshire, on April 22.