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In Early 2014, Interim Chairperson for the Democratic National Committee Donna
Brazile Wrote:
"Why I am a Democrat Why Your Vote Should Count
In her 1976 keynote
address to the Democratic National Committee, Texas Rep. Barbara
Jordan said words I will never forget:
“We believe that the
people are the source of all governmental power; that the authority
of the people is to be extended, not restricted. This can be
accomplished only by providing each citizen with every opportunity to
participate in the management of the government.
“We believe that the
government which represents the authority of all the people, not just
one interest group, but all the people, has an obligation to actively
seek to remove those obstacles which would block individual
achievement — obstacles emanating from race, sex, economic
condition.”
That explains why I am a
Democrat.
Beyond that, ensuring
every American’s right to vote and working to get out the vote —
every vote, regardless of party — has been a lifelong goal, a
personal quest.
Today, unfortunately, the
right to vote seems to have become a partisan issue. Democrats seek
to guarantee and expand voting rights. Republicans try to undermine
and suppress voting rights.
It wasn’t always this
way. In 1965 when President Johnson realized that the previous year’s
Civil Rights Act was not enough, that the country needed a Voting
Rights Act to protect the rights of citizens — particularly blacks
and minorities — he called on the minority leader, Republican Sen.
Everett Dirksen of Illinois, for help.
Dirksen responded, and the
bill passed. His words remain relevant: “The right to vote is still
an issue in this free country. There has to be a real remedy. This
cannot go on forever, this denial of the right to vote by ruses and
devices and tests and whatever the mind can contrive to either make
it very difficult or to make it impossible to vote.” ... "
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