Nonprofit Launches Push to Get Crime Victims to the Polls
Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, a nonpartisan organization of American crime victims, has launched an initiative to persuade crime survivors to vote in the upcoming midterm elections, with a special focus on those who have never voted.
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A nonpartisan organization of American crime victims has launched an initiative to convince at least 100,000 crime survivors to vote in the upcoming midterm elections, with a special focus on those who have never voted, The New York Times reports.
The campaign, which is part of a multiyear, multi-million-dollar effort by the group to boost voter turnout among crime victims, will primarily concentrate on battleground states, including Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas, where competitive elections take place and a fresh influx of voters can have a significant impact.
Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, an organization that supports criminal justice reform under the Alliance for Safety and Justice, does not support specific candidates. The group is planning in-person outreach this year in areas with a high concentration of crime survivors.
Members and volunteers will organize town halls, voter education events and hands-on assistance with voter registration and other parts of the voting process to help get this underrepresented group to the polls this November.
