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For the formerly incarcerated, voting for the first time is also about those who can't
As he waited for an open voting booth, Craig Muhammad looked down at the unmarked ballot in his hands.
“I did 42 years in prison. Why am I shaking?” he asked, letting out a small laugh.
Muhammad has seen presidents come and go, political sentiments move from right and left and the country become more divided. All he could do was watch.
But after spending more than half of his life in the Maryland prison system, Muhammad came home at the end of September. About a month later, he registered to vote and cast a ballot in the 2024 election.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/11/03/npr-formerly-incarcerated-voters-first-time-criminal-justice-harris-trump-2024-election