Post by the Scribe on Feb 25, 2022 8:03:47 GMT
Black Voters Need To Show Up For Democrats In November Says DNC Chair Jaime Harrison
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It ain't the Democrats rolling back the Voting Rights Act or committing Black and minority voter disenfranchisement and gerrymandering. Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp put over 50,000 voter registrations on hold, 70% of which were from Black residents. (Considering that Kemp was running for governor, this seemed like a clear conflict of interest.) Regarding voter disenfranchisement, several states with large and growing Black and Hispanic populations closed polling places: Texas closed over 400 polling places, Arizona closed over 200, and the states of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina collectively have closed over 250 polling places. These closings are a direct result of the Republiconservative Supreme Court choosing not to hold the Voting Rights Act intact. The stripping of the Voting Rights Act has led to more discrimination regarding voter identification, poll closures, and gerrymandering at state and local levels.
Stop using the Democratic Party as scapegoats and start addressing the real problems institutionally embedded in the political process. And those problems are consistently put there by RepubliCONservatives. As a left leaning white pragmatic moderate I ALWAYS vote for the Black candidate first if available and if not available I vote for any minority running and if not available I vote for the woman candidate if available. We need more Black candidates to run that will speak to the needs of Black and minority voters on a more personal level but the odds of getting Black candidates to run is stacked against them because of electoral shenanigans by white conservative Republicans. So if you want to whine about the Democratic Party doing nothing by all means vote Republican and see how far that gets you. Or better yet, run for office YOURSELF and experience what I am talking about!