Attempts To Find Ways To Promote Black Voters And Monitor Polls
Pastors, community leaders and educators are joining forces to engage black voters in the 2022 Florida election, with a focus on controlling an office of "election police" " newly championed by Governor Ron DeSantis. The push to register and get black people to vote was not a one-time occurrence. Black voters as a group largely support Democratic candidates and are seen as the key voting bloc in the upcoming elections. But an effort this year by the Equal Action and Education Fund - dubbed "A Black Vote" - comes amid a flurry of legislation that black leaders say it's even more important for members of their community to vote. "''A Vote for Black Lives'' is a vote against voter suppression, a vote against state-sanctioned violence, a vote against racial prejudice in our schools and workplaces and it's a step toward the truth about our country and our state's history,” said Jasmine Burney-Clark, ...