First Timers: Out of Prison and Finally Able to Vote
He spent 21 years behind bars before he was granted clemency. Now he’s about to cast his first ballot.
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Episode Notes
Winning November’s presidential election will likely mean turning out a whole host of people who have never voted before. In our new series, First-Timers, we speak with voters from around the country and across the political spectrum to ask them what’s bringing them to the ballot box for the first time.
Guest: Dewayne Comer, a formerly incarcerated first-time voter from Syracuse, New York.
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Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, Danielle Hewitt, and Elena Schwartz
