‘I was choked up': Governor restores voting rights to Office of Re-Entry director
“Knowing that I’ll be able to vote again was powerful for me,” said DeAndre Brown, director of the Office of Re-Entry. “It means a lot that I actually have a voice.” (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
The governor called DeAndre Brown earlier this month and Brown said, “I just lost it — I mean, tears, snot, I couldn’t even talk. ... To have that be removed with a phone call was mind-blowing.”
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Ian Round
Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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