Vice President Harris, the 2024 Democrat nominee, and running mate Tim Walz have both expressed support for expanding voting rights for serious criminals. Walz, as the Minnesota governor, expanded voting rights for felons last year, allowing them to vote after getting out of prison without completing terms of parole or post-release supervision.
Harris, during her 2020 presidential bid, raised the possibility of allowing felons to vote from behind bars. The law signed by Walz in 2023 in Minnesota would enable 55,000 former prisoners convicted of serious crimes to vote, aligning with similar rules in at least 20 other states.
