Bio
Brittany Stonesifer is a Voting Rights Attorney with ACLU of California. ACLU is part of Free the Vote California, a coalition of organizations co-sponsoring ACA 6.
Featured Work
Our Democracy Needs Everyone, Including People on Parole
After a parole board granted Richard Mireles his freedom earlier this year, he was shocked to learn that he still couldn't cast a vote in California, the state he had lived in since he was born. Just three months shy of his 21st birthday, a court gave Richard a life sentence on his first felony case. In the two decades of his incarceration, Richard worked hard to change his life. He got sober, worked to heal past traumas, earned his college degree and numerous commendations, and was even found suitable for release at his first parole hearing. It didn't seem right that California would continue punishing him after his release by denying him one his most fundamental rights of citizenship.