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The 2018 midterm elections yielded historically high turnouts as Americans flocked to the polls to cast their votes weighing in on the past two years of policymaking and political rhetoric—with an emphasis on statewide initiatives and local races.[]Emily Stewart, “2018’s Record-Setting Voter Turnout, In One Chart,” Vox, November 19, 2018.

Top Things to Know

  1. Voters elect another cohort of prosecutors committed to justice reform.
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  2. More than a million people with felony convictions regain the right to vote.
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  3. While officers face consequences in some high profile use-of-force incidents involving black men, fatal encounters continue.
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  4. Progressive network launches toolkit to spearhead policing policy reform.
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  5. America is in the midst of a jail construction boom.
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  1. Millions of eligible voters had no access to polls during this election year—because they were in jail.
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  2. Missouri, Ohio, and Georgia are getting “smart on crime.”
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  3. Louisiana will no longer base felony convictions on non-unanimous verdicts.
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  4. Sentencing reforms can come too late for people already in prison.
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  5. Three more states vote to decriminalize marijuana use; one state legislates it.
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  • California reviews thousands of marijuana cases for possible expungement.
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