Unsilenced: Reclaiming the vote for justice-impacted women
Over three-quarters of a million women are barred from voting because of a felony-level conviction, limiting women's political participation and weakening women’s collective political power.
Related to: Voting Rights
Over three-quarters of a million women are barred from voting because of a felony-level conviction, limiting women’s political participation and weakening women’s collective political power. We hosted a discussion following up on our recent report, Women Silenced at the Polls: How Criminal Convictions Deny the Right to Vote. Justice-impacted advocates from around the country shared insights about their right to vote, the democratic process, and voting rights being tied to a felony-level conviction.
Panelists:
- Megan Cox – Statewide Lead Credible Messenger with ABLE KY (Advocacy Based on Lived Experience)
- Lovinah Igbani, MSW – Counselor
- Nicole Lemay – Executive Director, Youth-Led Justice
- Elizabeth Lozano – Program Coordinator of Inside Membership, Initiate Justice
Moderator: Kristen M. Budd, Senior Research Analyst at The Sentencing Project
