Current prisoners should have the right to vote.

Alright, I will offer rebuttals to each of my opponent's points, and I thank them for organizing their debate similar to mine. It makes it easier for organizing rebuttals.Re: Prisoners are not currently part of societyI would argue that they are actually part of society still. They are just a different part of society. While they don't interact with the majority within society, the reason I believe they are part of society is because they are still governed by the same people in government as we are. It should be noted that one definition of the word society is " The community of people living in a particular country or region and having shared customs, laws, and organizations." [5] Prisoners are still living in the same country as us, and have to abide by the same laws and customs as us, and so would fit under this definition of society. I would argue that they only need to fit under one definition of society to be considered under society. Additionally, prisoners aren't completely separate from the rest of us. We can still visit prisoners whenever we want to essentially. Arguing prisoners are not part of society would be similar to arguing the Amish are not part of society. For the most part, they are segregated from the rest of us, and live essentially in a different time. We can visit them, just like we can visit prisoners. Maybe this isn't a perfect comparison, but it was the only one I can think of. Re: disallowing the right to vote acts as a deterrent I believe the pros of allowing prisoners to vote, as I discussed above, outweigh this con. Additionally, what about the people who are convicted who are actually innocent? I know you weren't going to respond to what I said yet, but I look forward to your response about this. So, I would like to ask you, does disallowing criminals the right to vote justify disallowing non-criminals who are convicted? Does the deterrence of committing crime justify preventing law-abiding citizens from voting? Additionally, how much does removing the right to vote actually deter people from committing crime? I actually don't think it would deter all that much. For one, many people don't even vote. What percentage of criminals actually vote to begin with, prior to being incarcerated? This is something that would need to be considered. If they don't even vote to begin with, it wouldn't be a detterrent at all. Re: Candidate CampaigningActually, I don't think this would be much of a problem. Do you realize how many people would probably be upset over the fact a candidate released murderers or child molesters early? There are far more people who are law-abiding citizens than those who become imprisoned for crime. The law-abiding citizens would be opposed to releasing the murderers and violent offenders early. It's true this would likely apply to non-violent offenders, but a vast majority of people think non-violent offenders should be released from prison early anyways[6]. I tried looking for public opinion about releasing murderers, violent offenders, and sexual offenders early, but my searching has proved no results. I did find a specific article from breitbart talking about opinion of Jerry Brown's releasing of violent criminals early, but I don't trust breitbart and they are known for having extreme right-wing bias anyways. So, other than that, I have not found anything regarding this. Perhaps my opponent would have better luck? This would be relevant for either of us to find, and help potentially either one of our arguments. Re: Prisoners are imprisoned as they are considered dangerous to society.But at the same time, how are laws that are seen as unjust supposed to be gotten rid of when a good portion of the people who believe it should be gotten rid of, are imprisoned? So, while it does prevent people who would not have society's best interest from voting, it also prevents people who do match society's opinion on the matter from voting. I don't think I will need to repeat myself about the marijuana issue, but that is specifically what I refer to. Additionally, I don't think it would make much of a difference in terms of getting candidates who don't have the people's interest at heart. The people who are not prisoners greatly outnumber the people who are prisoners. How much influence could the prisoners honestly have on getting a candidate who would make America unsafe from crime?I believe I am finished with my rebuttals, and will turn this over to my opponent to rebut my original arguments. Sources:[5] https://en.oxforddictionaries.com...[6] http://www.pewtrusts.org...