Connecticut Reentry Roundtable Collaborative Webinar on Voting Rights

Описание: he Reentry Collaborative and the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy discuss voting rights for Incarcerated and returning citizens.

Participants include:

-Earl Bloodworth, Director of Bridgeport Mayor's Initiative for Reentry Affairs
-State Senator Gary Winfield
-Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim
-Bridgeport City Councilman Ernie Newton
James Jeter, Yale Prison Education Initiative and Co-Director of Unlock the Vote
-Andrew Clark IMRP Director
-Dr. Zelda Roland, Director of Yale Prison Education Initiative
-Alex Tsarkov, IMRP staff and Executive director of the Connecticut Sentencing Commission
-Kelan Lyons, CT Mirror reporter
-State Representative Christopher Rosario
-Shannel Evans Democratic Registrar of Voters City of New Haven
-Don Robinson Workforce Specialist, Greater New Haven Reentry Round Table Co-Chair
-Robert Hebert SR.Vice President of Business Development and Re-entry Affairs Co-Chair of Bridgeport Reentry Council

00:00 Intro Earl Bloodworth

05:54 Andrew Clark

05:27 Voting rights PSA video: Denise Merrill, Connecticut Secretary of the State
MyVote.ct.gov/Register

06:34 Earl Bloodworth

06:54 Joe Ganim

10:20 Andrew Clark's comments on the right for returning citizens to vote.

12:18 Joe Ganim comments on the right for returning citizens to vote.

13:09 Earl Bloodworth talks about the objectives of today's meeting; Voter education, voter registration, and absentee ballots for those who are incarcerated under the status of pre-trial who have the right to vote but do not have access to the ballot.

14:40 Andrew Clark talks about resources of getting absentee ballots to voters.

16:29 Alex Tsarkov discusses voting rights and the eligibility of incarcerated individuals.

25:18 Christopher Rosario discusses the right to vote.

28:30 James Jeter discusses community conversations on voter education.

34:53 Kelan Lyons about reporting on voter rights, eligibility, and registration.

38:30 Shannel Evans discusses the details about voter eligibility and registration for incarcerated and returning citizens.

47:48 Ernie Newton discusses the perspective, upon release, of formally incarcerated individuals on voting and how to get them interested in voting.

52:14 Zelda Rowland discusses how Maine and Vermont allow inmates to vote as well as the urgency to make it happen in Connecticut.

Q&A

Can candidates record video messages for inmates and can the League of Women Voters help educate incarcerated individuals on voting rights?
58:07 Earl Bloodworth

Can incarcerated individuals register to vote and request an absentee ballot at the same time?
59:35 Shannel Evans

Will any of the organizations on this call be pushing these issues forward at the next legislative special session in September?
1:01:15 Earl Bloodworth
1:01:59 Gary Winfield
1:04:40 James Jeter

Can you describe what the voting information session was like in York Correctional?
1:06:00 Alex Tsarkov

Who would educate inmates on the candidates?
1:07:47 Earl Bloodworth
1:09:57 James Jeter
1:10:14 Shannel Evans

Info on specific institutions and voting eligibility
1:11:25 Earl Bloodworth

If the police accountability bill actually passed, how would the issue of voting rights for inmates be implemented? What would the process look like?
1:16:08 Gary Winfield
1:17:20 Alex Tsarkov
1:20:25 Joe Ganim
1:21:26 Gary Winfield

1:22:45 Ernie Newton on local municipalities passing a clean slate bill and would that cause any state issues.
1:23:32 Gary Winfield

What are the limitations IT wise in CT institutions as far as implementing voting rights and voter education?
1:28:35 Gary Winfield

1:31:10 Earl Bloodworth wrap-up

Closing remarks
1:33:22 Andrew Clark
1:35:10 Robert Hebert
1:36:21 Joe Ganim
1:37:54 Earl Bloodworth