WASHINGTON – Jacque’ Sci-fi Scott whipped out her clippers, then spent four hours one recent Sunday afternoon cutting voters’ hair steps from a polling site in Philadelphia. There were fades, line-ups, partial cuts and even a shave. “Are you voting?’’ Scott asked folks sitting on her black bar stool under a tent. “Do you plan to vote?” Some getting the free cut, offered to promote voting, had already cast their ballot. Others were headed to the polling site. “Even if I were to get 10 people to vote, then I know I’ve done my purpose,” said Scott, 30, owner of Another Planet Barbershop. In the final days leading up to Election Day, Scott and other local activists teamed with national nonpartisan groups like When We All Vote, Black Voters Matter and others to promote get-out-the-vote efforts for Black voters in the battleground state. Pennsylvania is a top prize for President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden , and some activists say Black voters could prove crucial to deciding who wins the presidential race and earns the state’s 20 electoral votes. Organizers expect social unrest, the disproportionate impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic on communities of color, and […]

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