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Tag: Voice of the Experienced

Louisiana Voters and Advocacy Group Sue to Block “Unconstitutional” Amendments from March Ballot

March 12, 2025

Five Louisiana voters, along with the advocacy group Voice of the Experienced (VOTE), have filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Nancy Landry, seeking to remove two proposed constitutional amendments from the March 29, 2025, ballot. The legal challenge alleges that the Louisiana Legislature violated constitutional procedures to fast-track the measures, marking the second lawsuit […]

VOTE Speaks Out Against ANTIGRAVITY MagazineÂ’s Attack on OPPRC & Help Not Handcuffs

October 7, 2021

Bruce Reilly, J.D., Vice President of Voice of the Experienced VOTE took to social media last weekend to criticize ANTIGRAVITY Magazine for a story about the Orleans Parish Prison Reform CoalitionÂ’s (OPPRC) Help Not Handcuffs (HNH) campaign that was based on misinformation. Help Not Handcuffs is an effort to create a non-police crisis response team […]

SCOTUS Rules No Mandatory Retrials for Those Convicted by Jim Crow Juries – But There Is Still Hope

May 19, 2021

LouisianaÂ’s incarceration system, like most incarceration systems in this country, has always been racist, prioritizing putting Black men in jail over actual justice. This is made obvious by the stateÂ’s prison population being disproportionately Black and through racist laws like the one that created Jim Crow Juries.  Jim Crow Juries were legalized by an 1880 […]

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