SEATTLE – As a young man Victor Sauceda didn’t care about who was president, about who was governor, about voting at all.
He wasn’t living by the law anyway.But after serving eight years in prison for burglary and fencing stolen property, during which he learned computer coding and had a political awakening, he cares.
And cases like his have prompted advocates in Washington to redouble their efforts to restore voting rights to people who are out on community supervision after serving prison time, as California voters did during last month’s election.“It really does something to me mentally that I don’t have the power to vote,” Sauceda said. “We served our prison term when we were incarcerated.