Returning Citizens Vote, Too
I don't know - what's as fulfilling as voting? How about voting when you thought you never could vote again? It was 2008 and my friend ("Katie") was listening to me talk about Barack Obama. In a few months, we were going to elect an African-American as president! She listened ... and then she said "You. You will elect him. But I can't. I can't vote." Katie explained that, in her earlier years, she had done something stupid and landed in prison. Because of that, she told me,