Read the candidates’ positions on eight new questions:

NEW: Read the candidates’ positions on eight new questions:

1. Should felons, who have completed their jail time and probation and paid all their fines, be allowed to vote in elections?
2. Should the US develop programs that focus more on rehabilitation than punishment in order to reduce its rate of incarceration?
3. Should the US build its missile defense shield in former Soviet states despite objections from Russia?
4. Should the District of Columbia become the 51st US state?
5. Should sex education in our schools be based on abstinence only?
6. Are fast food companies responsible in any way for America’s obesity problems?
7. Should journalists be shielded from prosecution for protecting their sources?
8. Should the US mandate military service or civil service like the Peace Corps?