Boxer:Statement On Her Objection To The Certification Of Ohio’s Electoral

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Statement On Her Objection To The Certification Of Ohio’s Electoral Votes

http://boxer.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=230450

For most of us in the Senate and the House, we have spent our lives fighting for things we believe in – always fighting to make our nation better.


We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have fought for criminal justice.


Now we must add a new fight – the fight for electoral justice.


Every citizen of this country who is registered to vote should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth of their community, their vote has as much weight as the vote of any Senator, any Congressperson, any President, any cabinet member, or any CEO of any Fortune 500 Corporation.


I am sure that every one of my colleagues – Democrat, Republican, and Independent – agrees with that statement. That in the voting booth, every one is equal.

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