“If the United States wants to make good on its foundational claims of a democratic system of governance open to all citizens, it must find ways to close the racial turnout gap. Wider now than at any point in at least the past 16 years, the gap costs millions of votes from Americans of color all around the country. Perhaps most worrisome of all, the gap is growing most quickly in parts of the country that were previously covered under the pre-clearance regime of the 1965 Voting Rights Act until the disastrous Shelby County ruling.” – Brennan Center For Justice
“If the United States wants to make good on its foundational claims of a democratic system of governance open to all citizens, it must find ways to close the racial
Many news organizations and think tanks that tout overwhelming evidence behind voter fraud claims are accompanied by paragraphs with emotive language. Before introducing their evidence, they stir the pot with how important democracy is to America, how imperative it is to keep it and finishing with how voter fraud is stealing that away. It would.
This post was updated Oct. 5 at 7:39 p.m. The nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., has been fighting for equal representation through attaining statehood. Over many years, but especially since the Civil Rights Movement, Washington citizens have hoped to see their city turned into the United States’ 51st state, with political activist groups working toward statehood and bills being introduced in Congress.