Hillary Clinton has said recently that all states should allow ex-felons to register to vote. Although most other leading Democratic Party office-holders probably agree with her, it is noteworthy that she has expressed this idea publicly. Generally major party presidential candidates don’t mention the issue. See this story. The story also shows which states would be most altered if ex-felons could register.

Hillary Clinton said on June 10, 2007, in Ames, Iowa, that she would consider debating some minor party or independent presidential candidates in the general election, if she were the Democratic nominee. She said, “Well, I would certainly be open to doing it. You know, there might be a couple of people that I would be a little bit reluctant about, but, you know, I am generally open to that. You know in New York we have a lot of parties; we don’t just have the Democratic and Republican Party, we have a lot of other parties. And, I believe in free and open debate. So, I will certainly consider it. I’m not going to make a 100% commitment, because it’s a hypothetical, and I try to stay away from hypotheticals. But I take your point and I think that it’s a very important one that we need to get as many people involves as possible, and that means having a lot of opinions out there that people can respond to.” This answer was obtained by Larry Reinsch, who had asked her the question.