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It is a great day for shining a light on jail-based disenfranchisement!
1: This great @HoustonChron coverage following up on the ongoing effort to solve ballot access problems in Harris County Jail that impact thousands of incarcerated voters:https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Obstacles-hinder-effort-to-allow-inmates-to-cast-14853548.php …
2: @Thea_Sebastian9 and @ArielRWhite writing in @USATODAY about the immediate and longer term impacts of jailing on political participation.https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/policing/2019/11/22/jails-disenfranchise-thousands-who-have-constitutional-right-vote/4185559002/ …
3: @Taniel @theappeal w/ the always and reliably great pieces on this subject, this one particularly focusing on an enfranchisement effort in NY (also with a s/o to the ongoing effort in DC!):https://theappeal.org/politicalreport/bill-voting-rights-in-prison-new-york-vermont-maine/ …
As we move out of the recent Nov election season and prepare for spring primaries, it is ever more important to take time to build election infrastructure that serves incarcerated voters and uplift the voices of folks who have been disenfranchised. So lets keep it up!!
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