Media Advisory: Maryland Advocates Demand Voting Rights For All in Annapolis
Advocates and community members testifying on voting rights restoration
Related to: Voting Rights, State Advocacy
[Annapolis, MD] – On Tuesday, February 11 at 1:00pm EST, advocates from ACLU of Maryland, Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause Maryland, Expand the Ballot Coalition, League of Women Voters Maryland, Life After Release, Maryland Justice Project, Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative, Out for Justice, H.O.P.E. Baltimore, and The Sentencing Project will testify in support of the Voting Rights for All Act (House Bill 710) in front of the House Committee on Ways and Means. The bill would restore voting rights to people currently incarcerated under a felony conviction. A recent brief from The Sentencing Project found over 16,000 Marylanders are currently banned from voting while serving a sentence for a felony conviction.
WHO:
Panel 1:
- Yanet Amanuel, ACLU of Maryland
- Joanne Antoine, Common Cause Maryland
- Walter Lomax, Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative
- Nicole D. Porter, The Sentencing Project
Panel 2:
- Christopher Dews, Out for Justice
- Yehesuah Downie, Campaign Legal Center
- Gwendolyn Levi, formerly incarcerated advocate and community organizer
- Antoin Quarles, H.O.P.E. Baltimore
- Nikki Tyree, League of Women Voters – Maryland
WHAT:
Advocates and community members will testify in front of the House Committee on Ways and Means in support of the Voting Rights for All Act (House Bill 710), sponsored by Del. Jheanelle K. Wilkins, which would restore voting rights to over 16,000 Maryland residents currently banned from voting due to their incarceration under a felony conviction.
WHERE:
Maryland State House
Ways and Means Committee, Room 130
Annapolis, MD 21401
WHEN:
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 1:00 pm EST
