We must continue to have voting rights in the state, not to politicize this, but they must have a voice in the rebuilding effort in the community from which they have been displaced.
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The Voting Rights Act was a seminal victory for our country and a great healing moment. But there are some who want to continue to drive divisions and create phony narratives.
Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come a long way, but more needs to be done.
We must create a state that responds to the citizens' needs, and we need citizens who feel committed to their state because that state serves the citizens.
The right to vote gives every eligible American a voice in our electoral politics. There's too much at stake to stay silent as this right is eroded.
The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights.
Many have fought for and even lost their lives to end segregation, to win the right to vote. It disappoints me to now have to cajole people to register and to vote.
But clearly at the same time you've got to get out there and connect with voters and actually respond to the needs, the frustrations, whatever problems their now saying are not being adequately solved.
The right to vote is the right upon which all of our rights are leveraged - and without which none can be protected.
The key is to vote because we need a vote to put the people in power that we want to represent us.
Exercising the right to vote is essential to our democracy.
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