Black voters in Alabama did not come to play. On Dec. 13, they showed up at the polls by voting for Democratic candidate Doug Jones as their next state senator – turning the red state blue for the first time in 25 years.

One voter, Nuris Bigelow, voted for the first time in an effort to keep an alleged racist, homophobic pedophile from winning the senatorial seat. In a video posted by Think Progress Political Reporter Kira Lerner, 33-year-old Bigelow gets emotional while discussing her first vote. Lerner reports that Bigelow said she voted because there was "too much on the line not to."

According to Think Progress, Bigelow had never lost her right to vote due to a criminal conviction, but she was compelled to get out and vote because she felt it was important. Bigelow registered to vote with the help of Rev. Al Sharpton's half-brother Pastor Kenneth Glasgow – a voting advocate who has previously helped thousands of people with criminal records regain their rights and register to vote.

On Tuesday, Glasgow helped a number of people with criminal convictions get out to the polls and work through any issues they had with their ballots. As you can see, his efforts paid off in a huge way.

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