Friend, stop what you're doing and listen up : Today is National Voter Registration Day !
For us, it's not just another day on the calendar. It is a reminder that
we're rolling our sleeves up to mobilize all our friends and families
to make history once again.
But don't worry – we're not just talking about Voter Registration Day, we're supplying you with the tools for success too ! Here is a voter registration portal
that makes it easy to learn about voting, register to vote, and check
the status of your registration – not to mention the help with finding
polling locations and more.
This year, we're on a mission to show up in force. Black people have
always held the key to elections, and it's time to show that people have
power like never before.
As you're solidifying your registration while rallying your communities
and families, we're sparking conversations about why voting is more than
just a checkmark on a ballot. It's about utilizing your voice – and not just for yourself, but for every person out there.
It's simple : Black lives won't matter if we don't vote.
Black
liberation is in our hands. Defunding the police. Reinvesting in our
communities. Economic equality. All of these will always be our priority
– join us and make it yours as well by signing our voting pledge.
Electoral politics is an important form of protest and is part of our work to change the system.
Bringing an end to the state-sanctioned violence against Black
people–along with taking down the systems of white supremacy–is critical
and correlated to voter turnout.
More than 5 million voters across all 50 states have registered to vote on National Voter Registration Day since becoming a national holiday in 2012. We've always been ambitious, so we NEED to double that number.
If our vote didn't matter, there wouldn't be so many laws attempting to
make it harder for us. There wouldn't be redistricting to manipulate
heavily Black voter majority areas to manipulate heavily Black voter
majority areas.
Black people continue to impact elections on all levels of
government -- local, state, and national -- and this upcoming year won't
be any different. As long as we keep our grassroots momentum and
people-power up, we can elect folks across the entire country on all
levels of government that are dedicated to Black liberation.
Ensuring
that ALL Black Lives Matter starts with our work at the polls. When
you're done registering and sharing the tool with others, let us know
you did your part by signing our voting pledge.
In love and solidarity,
Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation.
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