“The formerly incarcerated - returning citizens - often face a cruel irony in America. Having paid their debt to society, too many are banned from the ballot box that could help them dismantle policies that essentially extend their sentences.”

American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author

Stacey Abrams is an American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author. She served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017 and was minority leader from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she founded Fair Fight Action in 2018 to address voter suppression. Her work has been widely credited with helping increase voter turnout in Georgia, including in the 2020 presidential election and the state’s U.S. Senate races that helped give Democrats control of the chamber.