"Who Gets to Vote?" Session 4: Special Talk with Voice of the Experienced VOTE and "Locked Out"
Channel: Archives NOLAlibrary
Date: 2021-04-09

In this last session, guest speakers Bruce Reilly and Checo Yancey of VOTE: Voice of the Experienced provide an educational discussion about VOTE's recent work to expand the voting rights of formerly incarcerated people (FIP) in both Louisiana and the United States, complementing our discussion of the 2006 title "Locked Out: Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy" by Jeff Manza and Christopher Uggen. They discuss the many hurdles FIP face, as well as the successful legislative processes they have engaged in to win back the right to vote.

Voice of the Experienced: https://www.vote-nola.org/, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO7gYDGRuvi63D2HPNM7N6g
Together Louisiana: https://www.togetherla.org/

"Who Gets to Vote?" is a reading and discussion series that engages the citizens of New Orleans and Louisiana to have conversations on the history of voting and efforts to suppress the vote in the United States. Hosted by the City Archives at New Orleans Public Library, scholar facilitator Doctor Lo Faber leads sessions meant to encourage critical thinking and spark dialogue around issues and themes supported by the books. Visit our program page for discussion guides and more: http://archives.nolalibrary.org/~nopl/spec/WhoGetsToVote.htm 

This program is made possible by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, the Friends of New Orleans Public Library, and is a part of the “Why it Matters: Civic and Electoral Participation” initiative, administered by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 

-City Archives & Special Collections, New Orleans Public Library: http://archives.nolalibrary.org 
-Doctor Lo Faber, Scholar: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691166896/building-the-land-of-dreams and Musician: https://www.youtube.com/c/DoctorLoFaber/featured 
-Friends of the New Orleans Public Library: https://friendsnola.org/ 
-Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities: https://www.leh.org/grants/apply-now/who-gets-to-vote/