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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