Why the ACLU is training SC voters to get 2020 candidates on the record
By Caitlin Byrd cbyrd@postandcourier.com
2 hrs ago
Partway through the Kamala Harris town hall in Rock Hill, Ri Estes had a question about voting rights.
The 42-year-old wasn’t nervous to talk to a presidential candidate. More than anything, she felt prepared.
Wrapping her left hand around the microphone, Estes introduced herself as an American Civil Liberties Union Rights for All voter and asked Harris to share her thoughts on restoring voting rights to those who are currently incarcerated.
The crowd clapped, Harris launched into a two-minute answer and the work of a multimillion-dollar campaign to inject civil liberties issues into the 2020 campaign was underway.
The effort created by the ACLU is focused on getting candidates talking about civil liberties issues like voting rights, reproductive rights, criminal justice reform and immigration.
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