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This post is part of our Fall 2018 issue of Connection, our quarterly newsletter.

On September 6, Kathy Jennings won the primary to become the Democratic candidate for Attorney General on the ballot in November. Over the course of the primary race, she committed to a variety of criminal justice reforms.

We know criminal justice reform is important, but we can’t make those changes happen without every-day citizens getting out there and voting for candidates who are committed to change. That’s why we’re launching the Carry My Own Vote initiative through the Campaign for Smart Justice in Delaware.

Delaware’s criminal justice, economic and educational systems need some fundamental changes, and we’re the people willing to drive that change. It’s time for all of us to join together with a bold “People’s Platform” that highlights the direction we Delawareans want to take our state.

This post is part of our Summer 2018 issue of Connection, our quarterly newsletter. To read the whole newsletter, click here.

Join the ACLU in Sussex county for a series of events on enacting change!

In Delaware, the chief prosecutor is the Attorney General—the only law enforcement official elected by the voters.

With 5 percent of the world’s population and 25 percent of the world’s prison population, it is easy to see that the U.S. has a mass incarceration problem. Delaware is part of that problem. That's why the Campaign for Smart Justice is working to cut the prison population in half.

This post is part of our Spring 2018 issue of Connection, our quarterly newsletter. To read the whole newsletter, click here.