Our Time Is Now: Power: on Crime


Stacey Abrams: Prison gerrymandering: vote where they lived before prison

In almost every state in the country, a perverse mismatch between the population and the voting power occurs when incarcerated are counted in a process known as prison gerrymandering. In all but six states, the incarcerated residents are counted not in their home neighborhoods but in the penal system. This means their communities have no access to the fiscal windfalls that could come from including them.

As the argument goes, prisoners should be counted in the prison beds where they sleep, not in the houses where they lived before imprisonment. The consequence of that decision, however, is that the often struggling, under-resourced, and desperate communities where many of these men and women start never benefit from the investments that could help deter crime and poverty. America's mass incarceration has led to the jailing of thousands of black and Latino bodies from Democrat-led communities that are typically Republican, where most of the penal facilities are located.

Source: Our Time Is Now, by Stacey Abrams, p.178-9 Jun 9, 2020

Terry McAuliffe: Overruled State Supreme Court to restore felon voting rights

McAuliffe signed an executive order restoring all voting rights to every felon in Virginia. A Virginia Supreme Court decision blocked the automatic grant of clemency, so he used his autopen (an automatic devise designed to allow him to sign documents at a higher rate) to individually grant a restoration of rights to nearly 175,000 Virginians. But his work on ending felony disenfranchisement required more than holding the governor's office; a permanent solution meant taking over the legislature.
Source: Our Time Is Now, by Stacey Abrams, p.206 Apr 22, 2016

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    Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America

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2020 Presidential contenders on Crime:
  Democrats running for President:
Sen.Michael Bennet (D-CO)
V.P.Joe Biden (D-DE)
Mayor Mike Bloomberg (I-NYC)
Gov.Steve Bullock (D-MT)
Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-IN)
Sen.Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Secy.Julian Castro (D-TX)
Gov.Lincoln Chafee (L-RI)
Rep.John Delaney (D-MD)
Rep.Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
Sen.Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Gov.Deval Patrick (D-MA)
Sen.Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
CEO Tom Steyer (D-CA)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Marianne Williamson (D-CA)
CEO Andrew Yang (D-NY)

2020 Third Party Candidates:
Rep.Justin Amash (L-MI)
CEO Don Blankenship (C-WV)
Gov.Lincoln Chafee (L-RI)
Howie Hawkins (G-NY)
Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Howard Schultz(I-WA)
Gov.Jesse Ventura (I-MN)
Republicans running for President:
Sen.Ted Cruz(R-TX)
Gov.Larry Hogan (R-MD)
Gov.John Kasich(R-OH)
V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN)
Gov.Mark Sanford (R-SC)
Pres.Donald Trump(R-NY)
Rep.Joe Walsh (R-IL)
Gov.Bill Weld(R-MA & L-NY)

2020 Withdrawn Democratic Candidates:
Sen.Stacey Abrams (D-GA)
Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-NYC)
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Sen.Mike Gravel (D-AK)
Sen.Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Gov.John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Gov.Jay Inslee (D-WA)
Mayor Wayne Messam (D-FL)
Rep.Seth Moulton (D-MA)
Rep.Beto O`Rourke (D-TX)
Rep.Tim Ryan (D-CA)
Adm.Joe Sestak (D-PA)
Rep.Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
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