In an election cycle unlike any we have seen in recent memory, groups like Color of Change PAC, Faith in Action, People’s Action, the Real Justice PAC and Black Struggle in St. Louis are mobilizing black voters to show up and vote for county prosecutor all across the country. Why? Because our goal is to hold prosecuting attorneys accountable when they act as tools of an unjust and racist criminal justice system. We are done with seeing so many elected prosecutors defend a deeply racist system. We want them replaced with reformers.

Historically, political races for these offices have been dominated by the candidate who looks tougher on crime. But there’s ample evidence that new voices and leaders can win at the local level. Chicago’s Kim Foxx  and Philadelphia’s Larry Krasner both won crowded races for district attorney while championing reform, and both have made real changes to the system since taking office.

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