00:00 – 00:01
Image Description: The ACLU of Maryland logo flashes in blue and red.
00:01 – 00:08
Nehemiah Bester Voiceover
“At the ACLU of Maryland. We believe that the right to vote is fundamental to democracy.”
00:03
Image Description: A black van with the words “Love & Power” is painted in red over top of Black activists.
00:04
Image Description: A group of people hold voter signs outdoors.
00:06
Image Description: A “vote here” sign in blue, red and white points to the left.
00:09
Image Description: The American Flag blows in the wind atop a building.
00:11
Image Description: A group of people holding signs smile in front of a statue.
00:13 – 00:18
Qiana Johnson Image Description: A Black woman in a white shirt and sunglasses speaks in a mic alongside several other Black women.
“We are here. We are here. We are free. We are free. And we can vote. And we can vote. And we will vote.”
00:19 – 00:30
Nehemiah Bester Voiceover
“It's why we protect that right. In the courts, in the streets, and everywhere in between.”
00:19
Image Description: A poster for Free The Vote documentary with a blurred background.
00:21
Image Description: The outside of a courthouse.
00:24
Image Description: “Filed” in bold red letters overtop a legal complaint.
00:26
Image Description: A Baltimore bench with the words “The Greatest City in America”.
00:28
Image Description: A large group of people pose for a picture outside behind a “Expand The Ballot, Expand The Vote” sign.
00:29
Image Description: Two ACLU staffers are in deep conversation with several other staffers in the background inside a building.
00:33 – 00:35
Dana Vickers Shelley Image Description: A woman speaks at a lectern. On a tv behind her it reads “Dana Vickers Shelley Executive Director” on a pink screen.
“Together, we are doing great things.”
00:36:
Image Description: A large group of Black attendees clap and stand in celebration inside a building.
00:40 – 00:50
Nehemiah Bester Voiceover
“Because we believe that voting rights are human rights. And those are rights worth protecting.”
00:42
Image Description: A slow zoom in on a colorful building painted with the words “voting rights are human rights.”
00:46
Image Description: An ACLU of Maryland voter empowerment graphic in yellow.
00:47
Image Description: Groups of ACLU volunteers sit in blue ACLU shirts at tables looking over documents.
00:48
Image Description: A group of Black teenagers chat with each other outside a building in warm clothing.
00:51 – 00:54
Image Description: Several voter images flash rapidly featuring people voting in prison, people holding voter protest signs, and a voter checklist, as a red in bold “vote” flies towards the screen.
00:57
Image Description: The ACLU of Maryland logo flashes in blue and red with a url reading “aclu-md.org/vote” in white over a red background.
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