Locations
Washington, DC, USA · Washington, DC, USA · Connecticut Ave/ K Street, Washington, DC, USA
industry
Non-Profit Organization Management
Size
1 - 10 employees
founded in
2020
Free Our Vote is an evidence-based, non-partisan, non-profit organization that advocates for a more transparent, less capricious voting system for returning citizens. Free Our Vote began in 2020 in response to the opacity and downstream consequences faced by voters with felony convictions in Florida. Though a state amendment legally re-enfranchised returning citizens who completed the terms of their sentence, administrative disarray prevented many from doing so. Ultimately, partisan actors pushed through “clarifying” language that mandated these returning citizens repay any outstanding criminal court debt before they could vote. In 2020, Free Our Vote notified tens of thousands of debt-free, otherwise eligible returning citizens in Florida that they were free to vote. Via targeted fundraising, it also repaid criminal court debt for over 1,000 Floridians, thereby restoring their voting rights. Free Our Vote’s non-partisan efforts assisted those of all political stripes.
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