Voting Rights Are Fundamental

Suppression, subversion, and just plain distraction threaten your rights and your life

Very Unpopular Strong Opinion Blog by Christyl Rivers

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OH, see, can you say?

Do you have your say? You have to vote to have a voice. In forty-nine states new bills have been proposed to suppress votes. Out of these proposals, 34 restrictive laws have been enacted.

Many of these stop the steal style hysteria tactics are working. They are working against working Americans.

We have, unfortunately, a two party system. One party, the republican party, is working very hard to keep Americans from getting their voice heard. It tells you everything you need to know about what power and wealth they wish to hoard, and how much of it they wish to offer for your life, your work, your wages, and the very health of your air, water, soil, and food.

Making election day a national holiday would help.

Get to the polls, or the mail box

Mail in voting, (especially during all the pandemics here and to come) longer voting weeks, days, and hours, are necessary for those who must work to make a living.