Voting Rights Field Work Today
Posted by: Dave Newton on July 18, 2009 at 08:00pm
KFTC members got out in the community today at several community festivals to talk to people about our campaign to restore voting rights to former felons who have served their debt to society.
We registered voters, talked to a lot of people, helped a few people start the process to request their right to vote back from the Governor's office, and over 150 people signed postcards to senators asking them to pass HB 70 to automatically restore voting rights to former felons who have served their debt to society.
Super Sunday in Lexington was an especially large success:
And our tabling at the Ed Davis basketball game in Georgetown was well-targeted to help build our presence in the Boston community in Senator Damon Thayer's district.
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