John,

Very few places in the United States allow incarcerated people completing a felony sentence to vote. Incarcerated people in Maine, Vermont, and Washington, DC retain their right to cast a ballot in elections. As a follow-up to The Sentencing Project’s recent report, Voting from Prison: Lessons from Maine and Vermont, join us for our discussion on what we have learned and continue to learn from formerly and currently incarcerated people, advocates, and Department of Corrections staff about accessing democracy during incarceration.

Guests will be able to pose questions during the webinar and in advance. Please add your questions for our panelists here.

Panelists:

Robert Barton – Executive Director, More Than Our Crimes
Foster Bates – Incarcerated resident, Maine
Nick Deml – Former Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Corrections
Joseph Jackson – Executive Director, Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition and Co-Executive Director, Maine Inside Out

Moderator: Kristen M. Budd, Senior Research Analyst at The Sentencing Project