How this initiative amplifies the voting power of people with felony convictions

Traditional get out the vote campaigns might be missing an unexpected voting group ahead of this year's election, but a new social media strategy could fill the gap, both for the 2020 election and beyond. 

The Alliance for Safety and Justice — a multi-state organization that formed in 2016 working to create “public safety solutions rooted in crime prevention, community health, rehabilitation, and support for crime victims" — is utilizing the personalized nature of social media to empower people with prior criminal records to vote. The strategy is part of the Alliance's #TimeDone initiative, which started in 2018 as a California-based campaign to restore a broad array of rights to formerly incarcerated people. Now, it advocates for this population nationwide.  Read more...

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