Updated: 11:50 PM EDT May 8, 2021
TOLEDO, Ohio Local activists joined a nationwide effort calling on federal lawmakers to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the For the People Act. The John Lewis Good Trouble Votercade looked to fight voter suppression; address the filibuster; and support DC Statehood.
Supporters drove to Sen. Rob Portman s office to urge him to vote yes on the two bills, which proponents argue will protect the right to vote.
This comes as Ohio joined recent states in proposing its own voting overhaul bill.
People chanted hands off our vote and protect the vote near Sen. Portman s office.
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Stacey Abrams speaks at the University of New England in Portland, Maine on 22 January, 2020. ((AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File))
Many Democrats have already credited voting rights activist Stacey Abrams for helping the party get a landmark win in Georgia during the 2020 election, and now Ms Abrams has her sights on an even bigger victory than flipping a reliably red state: she says she “absolutely” wants to run for president one day. Do I hold it as an ambition? Absolutely, she told CBS
Sunday Morning, in an interview airing tomorrow. And even more importantly, when someone asks me if that’s my ambition, I have a responsibility to say ‘Yes,’ for every young woman, every person of color, who sees me and decides what they’re capable of based on what I think I am capable of.
Kansas City, Missouri, hosts John Lewis Voting rights Act votercade
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Kansas City, Missouri, community leaders gathered on Saturday to speak out against voter suppression efforts.
The city hosted a John Lewis Voting Rights Act votercade as part of Voting Rights Action Day.
KCMO is one of more than 140 cities across the U.S. to recognize the day.
A votercade is a presidential-style motorcade made up of voters who work to raise awareness on the importance of protecting voting rights.
People across the country were rallying for voting rights Saturday, including in Dallas, where people joined up for an event against those who they say are trying to restrict voting access.
Klobuchar’s big test: Shepherding election reform By Jim Spencer and Hunter Woodall, Star Tribune
Published: May 9, 2021, 11:00am
Share: Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., listens during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Washington. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)
WASHINGTON By most political calculus, the sweeping election reform bill that Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is trying to shepherd through the Senate is a moonshot: hard to achieve and fraught with complications.
For “anyone who is serious about trying to get something done to make it easier for people to vote … we’re ready to go,” Minnesota’s senior senator said in an interview.