my name is michael sevadra. i'm also formerly incarcerated. i spent 19.5 years in prison. i'm now a pathway to law school student and also i work and pay taxes. however, i can't vote and i think it's very important for me to be reintegrated back into the community to have that right and also to represent my community because my community is being marginalized as well and their voice as well as mine need to be heard. so i urge you to pass this. thank you. >> good morning, good afternoon, my name is wendy click. i work for hospitality house but also represent myself. i'm formerly incarcerated. the sentence i carried, i had to be on parole for five years. if it wasn't for the dorothy nones and joe wilsons, i never would have thought about voting. after my five years, this past november was the first time i was able to vote. i brought 34 people who have never voted here to city hall. we did a walk to windy and that was so liberating for me because it wasn't for all of us or none of us who gave that pamphlet out to vote, i wouldn't have had all 34 folks here. i'm going to conti