Let Every Person Who is Incarcerated VOTE

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Voting is a right that should never be taken away.

Free the Vote is a documentary that depicts just how unjust and racist it is to deny the right to vote to millions of people who are incarcerated. Impacted people who were formerly incarcerated, scholars, politicians and advocates come together to discuss their experiences and the importance of your voice being heard.

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The History

Dating back to the racist Jim Crow Era, felony disfranchisement laws were created in the states after the Civil War as an intentional effort to weaken the political power of Black people who had been enslaved. That time was also when the abominable effort began to incarcerate Black people who were newly freed.

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The Facts in Maryland

Black Marylanders account for over 13,000 of the nearly 18,000 Marylanders who are disenfranchised in Maryland.

That means Black people make up 72% of those impacted by felony disenfranchisement laws in Maryland.

This did not happen by accident.

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The Voices

Listen to people who were formerly incarcerated, who are currently incarcerated, politicians, and advocates who share their experience and dreams of a Maryland and country where the right to vote is restored for every citizen who is currently incarcerated.

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Blog series about the American history of felony disenfranchisement and its impact on Black people.

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“Not having a vote, not having a voice, you felt disconnected. We felt like we were part of the process but removed from the process.”

- Earl Young, a Marylander who was formerly incarcerated

Voting

is Power

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