Michael Mendoza, 37, attends a press conference with legislators and advocates who are encouraging the California Assembly to pass Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 6, an amendment that would restore voting rights to the formerly incarcerated, at th

Michael Mendoza, 37, attends a press conference with legislators and advocates who are encouraging the California Assembly to pass Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 6, an amendment that would restore voting rights to the formerly incarcerated, at the California State Capitol, in Sacramento, Calif., on Wednesday, August 14, 2019. He is the former policy director for the Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC) and is the new national director for Cut 50. (Photo By Yalonda M. James/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)