Do you have a felony record? You may be eligible to vote.
For many, voting after incarceration is a true second chance. We need to ensure every eligible voter has the tools to be an active part of their community and make their voice heard. Know your rights and help others make their voice heard.
With the 2024 legislative session upon us, we’re gearing up to advocate for much-needed criminal legal reform. Check out an overview of our biggest goals.
As we look back at 2023, we’re celebrating the local organizing work to advance voting rights at the county level through our Civil Liberties Beehive. Here are some of the highlights:
In 2019, Wyandotte County’s DA, Mark Dupree, asked the Vera Institute of Justice to help the DA’s office address racial inequities in the county’s criminal legal system with a focus on prosecution reform.
Felony disenfranchisement, and the lack of education about voting rights restoration after incarceration, is just one thread in a web of tactics that make it harder to vote. In Kansas, most people think politicians should be making it easier, not more difficult, to participate in our democracy.