Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJason Kander has started his own organization to expand voting
https://www.letamericavote.org/Join and Donate if you can (i am not being paid to say this), but I like Kander and voting rights are SEVERELY under attack.
Leading the fight for voting rights.
We have a voting problem in America. Voting in our country has never been easy, but theres a new challenge: Politicians are now trying to stop Americans from voting because of who they are likely voting for in an election. Extreme voter suppression laws that disproportionally impact people based on their race or ethnicity, gender, age, or income have started popping up all over the country, and if we dont fight back, more and more Americans will become disenfranchised.
Over the past decade, momentum has gone dangerously in the wrong direction. Jason Kander started Let America Vote to fight back against proposals across the country that make it harder for eligible voters to exercise their constitutional right to cast a ballot. Whether its extreme identification requirements, questionable purges of voter rolls, voter intimidation, new and extreme voter registration processes, or anything that makes voting harder, Let America Vote will be there to lead the way against it.
The full website for Let America Vote is coming soon. Until then, you can learn more here: http://bit.ly/2jZo2OG
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
8 replies, 678 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (8)
ReplyReply to this post
8 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Jason Kander has started his own organization to expand voting (Original Post)
La Lioness Priyanka
Feb 2017
OP
RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)1. I like this guy a lot
He was so great on Real Time last week. He's a great follow on Twitter as well.
La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)2. +1
logosoco
(3,208 posts)3. I am liking this guy a lot!
Missouri needs more people like him!
La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)4. me too
ananda
(28,858 posts)5. Already joined and donated!
nt
La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)6. yay
PatsFan87
(368 posts)7. Kander was my favorite candidate running for the Senate this past year.
In a state that Hillary lost by 20, he lost by less than 3. And he did so without having to abandon talking about gay rights, women's rights, Black Lives Matter, etc. It shows our party that we don't need to act like Republicans to win in red/purple states. We just need likable candidates and strong messengers.
Also, I wish Dems recruited more veterans to run. Kander and Duckworth are both awesome.
La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)8. i like Kander too. He's not my fav, but he's up there