The Right to Vote

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. The poster depicts the racist history of voter disenfranchisement in Maryland and throughout the U.S.

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. The narrative linking the right to vote to incarceration is fundamentally undemocratic. That is why the ACLU is determined to help restore the right to vote to all those who are currently incarcerated. During the 2020 Election, the ACLU supported leaders who are formerly incarcerated in their work to provide ballots and voting information to people currently in jail who still have their right to vote. And the ACLU also educated thousands of voters about their rights and solved problems at the polls through our Election Protection campaign.

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ACLU Foundation of Maryland
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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. The poster depicts the racist history of voter disenfranchisement in Maryland and throughout the U.S.
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Nicole McCann
CFC Number
15328

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