Yes, You Can Vote If You Are Homeless

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Proposition Q, which intends to crack down on makeshift homeless encampments, made for a lively discussion recently in a civics class at Episcopal Community Services. Photo by Lacey Roberts/KQED

By Steven Cuevas, KQED News/The California Report

Billy Cunningham has been eligible to cast a ballot almost as long as he’s lived in San Francisco.

“I’ve been here overs 40 years. I came to San Francisco about 10 or 11,” says Cunningham, sitting in an office at the nonprofit Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco.

The thing is, though: He hasn’t voted. Not even the chance to vote for America’s first black president could move him. 

Read the complete story at KQED News/The California Report.

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