“Men and women in my lifetime have died fighting for the right to vote: people like James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, who were murdered while registering black voters in Mississippi in 1964, and Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in 1965 during the Selma march for voting rights.” PeopleMenFightingBlackRightsMen And WomenVoteDiedLifetimeVotingMarchVotersMississippiAndrewRight To VoteKu Klux KlanViolaGoodman Author:Jeff Greenfield
“I'm against voter fraud in any form, and I have long supported a national voter ID card. But ID cards need not - and must not - restrict voting rights in any way, shape or form.” WayNeedsLongFormRightsShapesCardsVotingVotersFraudRight To VoteVoter FraudVoter Id Author:Andrew Young
“My mother was a great advocate of womens rights, a member of the League of Womens Voters and lifelong member of Planned Parenthood and an advocate of a womans rights in terms of reproductive issues. She was also a founding member of Common Cause in the state of Indiana.” StatesMotherCausesTermCommonIssuesRightsMembersLeagueVotersParenthoodWomens RightsFoundingLifelongIndianaPlanned Parenthood Author:Kathryn Lasky
“When it comes to voting rights, Democrats push voter protection while Republicans shout voter fraud in a crowded polling place. Democrats think anyone who can vote should vote; Republicans think everyone who should vote can vote.” ThinkingShouldRightsRepublicanVoteDemocratProtectionVotingVotersFraudCrowdedRight To VotePollingVoter Fraud Author:Christine Pelosi
“I spent many years working for voting rights, but we still see sophisticated efforts, led by white officials, to disenfranchise black voters in local and national elections.” YearsStillsBlackWhiteEffortRightsElectionLocalsOfficialsVotingVotersSophisticatedRight To Vote Author:Edward Brooke
“One of the things I know about my family, my generation, and my ethic background is that we put in work and I'm not just talking about just to eat. You have to think about the civil rights movement, they were putting in work; marching, walking miles and miles, sacrificing, getting on the bus, feeding one another, they had schools, voter registration, they were working! They were hard workers so my advice is to work.” ThinkingKnowsHardSchoolTalkingRightsGenerationsSacrificeAdviceMovementHard WorkWalkingEthicsMy FamilyWorkersMilesBackgroundsCivil RightsVotersBusFeedingCivil Rights MovementMy GenerationHard WorkerRegistrationVoter Registration Author:Eric Thomas
“I find it extraordinary that I'm being told I can't trust you the voter to get a government in to protect workers rights and that we need Brussels to defend you, the euro is a broken project we are going to pay, no you are going to pay out of your taxes one bailout out of another and the European union does not protect your jobs.” NeedsDoeI CanGovernmentJobsPayRightsBrokenProtectTaxesProjectsUnionsExtraordinaryWorkersVotersEuropean UnionEuroBrusselsBailoutsWorkers RightsCan't Trust You Author:Gisela Stuart
“The issues that I think matter, that I think resonate with the voters are, No. 1, defending our freedoms, defending the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. No. 2, lifting the boot of Washington off of the back of the necks of small businesses so that people can have jobs again, wages can come back again, fighting for the working class, you are getting hammered by Washington. And, No. 3, keeping this country safe, a strong commander in chief we can trust to keep us safe. That's what I'm looking for.” PeopleThinkingCountryMatterJobsFightingStrongClassIssuesRightsSafeConstitutionBillsChiefsNecksVotersBootsWorking ClassWagesSmall BusinessCommandersLiftingBack AgainBill Of RightsCommander In ChiefHammered Author:Ted Cruz