“DESMOND MEADE: Well, let’s talk about the prospects. You know, here we have a campaign that was successful last night that dealt with voting, dealt with felons, and it was in the state of Florida. Right? Those three things do not mix. But throughout the entire campaign, there was a lot of amazing things that happened. One of the things that I just realized maybe a week or two ago was that not one law enforcement officer spoke out against this, not one in the entire state of Florida. And we had the Christian Coalition. We had the Koch brothers. We had Florida TaxWatch. We had the ACLU. We had a broad spectrum of support.

And on Souls to the Polls, let me tell you something amazing that happened. Working with Faith in Florida, we had over 827 congregations of faith that participated in the elections. And it wasn’t just African-American churches. It was evangelical churches. It was Latino churches. It was Jewish synagogues. It was a Muslim mosque. They all participated. When have we seen people come together from all walks of life, from all religions, come together around an issue as volatile as the one that we just successfully passed? We don’t see that happening. And so, I really do believe that our victory warrants closer attention, a closer inspection, because how we were successful can be how others are successful in other states across this country.”

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