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Make sure you and your friends are prepared to vote this year. Get the full details about voting in your state at aclu.org/voter

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Ballots = Democracy

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Trump on peaceful transition if he loses: 'Get rid of the ballots' and 'there won't be a transfer'

"We're going to have to see what happens," Trump said. "You know that I've been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and the ballots are a disaster."

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Wow.

Bloomberg pays fines for 32,000 felons in Florida so they can vote

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has reportedly raised more than $16 million in an effort to help convicted felons in Florida register to vote.

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As we head into one of the most critical election seasons in our nation's history, the Hooks Institute presents an in-depth discussion on voting rights, voter engagement and apathy, and tactics to suppress voting.

The Hooks Institute has assembled a panel of experts who will address:

This year's policy papers are as follows:

“Voting With Conviction: Voting Rights and Voting Restoration in Tennessee," by Shanna Singh Hughey and Dawn Schlukebier explores the history of efforts to secure voting rights and to confront voter suppression before delving deeply into the most significant example of formal voter disenfranchisement – the potentially permanent removal of voting rights after conviction for a felony. Hughey, an attorney, is the president of ThinkTennessee, and Schluckebier is the director of Advocacy and Government Relations. ThinkTennessee, Nashville, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and advocacy organization for pragmatic ideas that create civic and economic opportunities that move Tennessee forward.

“The Criminalization of the Ballot Box: Navigating the Rise of Voter Prosecution, Charting a Path of Resistance,” by Mitchell Brown describes the use of voter prosecution to punish individuals who have “wrongfully voted,” a practice that can intimidate entire communities from exercising their collective power through voting. Brown, an attorney, is an Equal Justice Fellow, sponsored by the Ottinger Foundation, with the Southern Coalition for Justice in Durham, North Carolina. The Southern Coalition for Justice mission includes protecting voting rights of people of color and strengthening civic participation for all.

“#UpTheVote901 and the Fight for Democracy in Memphis/Shelby County,” by Earle Fisher and Sijuwola Crawford outlines the challenges of increasing voter engagement to overcome a hidden form of voter suppression – voter apathy. Fisher is the founder of #UptheVote901 and Crawford is the chief operations officer. #UpTheVote901 is a grassroots organization whose mission to is educate, register and empower citizens to improve the social and political conditions in Memphis and Shelby County.
Daniel Kiel, Hooks Institute Associate Director and FedEx Professor of Law, UofM Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, will moderate.

Our Facebook Live Audience can address questions to the panel.

The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change

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