Dr. Bernice King, the youngest daughter of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King, said that “a new level of civil disobedience in a non-violent spirit” will require the right to vote nationwide.
Kim made a comment on Friday night Instagram Real-time conversation with the vice president Kamala HarrisThe two met to commemorate the 56th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The two parties passed landmark legislation to ensure that people of color, especially African Americans, have the right to vote.
Throughout the conversation, King and Harris emphasized that maintaining voting rights and democracy requires continuous efforts from citizens working at the local, state and national levels.
At the end of their conversation, Bernice King praised Texas Democrats leaving the state To prevent a controversial Republican vote-admission bill from becoming law. The Texas state bill will add new voter ID requirements, penalize the voluntary sending of absentee ballots, prohibit driving through voting, and change the early voting time. Democratic Party Indicates that ballot access will be fully restricted.
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“We just continue to pray and thank God for those legislators in Texas. Courage and bravery, we need courageous leadership, because this is not just a political act for them-they bring moral leadership to A whole new level,” the king said. “This is what it needs: bravery, boldness and a new level of civil disobedience in a spirit of nonviolence.”
Earlier in their conversation, Kim mentioned that her father’s own involvement in the civil rights movement in the 1960s was based on the non-violent civil disobedience strategy of India’s anti-colonial leader Mahatma Gandhi.
Harris later asked the audience to continue participating in political activities at the local, state, and national levels in order to make their voice heard. She also asked the audience to do all they could to help pass the “For the People Act” and the “John Lewis Voting Rights Act.”
According to the legislative summary, the “For the People Act” will expand voter access, improve election integrity and security, amend the campaign finance law, and establish additional ethical rules for all three departments of the federal government.
The John Lewis Voting Rights Act will create a way for citizens and the federal government to challenge NSW voting laws in court. It also requires many changes to the election process to pass a process called “pre-approval” or to obtain approval from the Civil Rights Division of the Ministry of Justice.
“This is not a partisan issue,” King said. “I can’t say enough: this is not a problem of the Democratic Party, nor a problem of the Republican Party. This is a problem of serving the people.”
A poll in February found that 57% of Republican voters Support for the People’s Bill.Congress Republicans have Oppose two bills It is unnecessary to call them the “power grab” of the Democratic Party.
At this session, Republicans in the state legislature introduced at least 250 new laws to restrict mailing, early in-person and election day voting.
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