Could incarceration be the basis of a powerful voting bloc?

More Than Our Crimes
9 min readNov 3, 2020

Now is the time to dream big

The hallmark of a democracy is the ability to vote for the people charged with representing you in government. Millions of us choose not to participate — although this month’s election seems poised to break records in terms of turnout (94% of registered voters say they have already voted or plan to, vs. 83% in 2016).

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More Than Our Crimes

Rob Barton has been incarcerated for 26 years. Pam Bailey is his collaborator/editor. Learn more at MoreThanOurCrimes.org