Vice President Kamala Harris On Voter Expansion
On Thursday, July 8, 2021, Vice President, and Howard University Alumni, Kamala Harris announced that there will be a $25 million expansion of the Democratic National Committee’s “I Will Vote” campaign. These efforts are being used to enhance voter registration turnouts and protection against restrictive voting laws in individual states.
The event opened up with a remark from Jaime Harrison, DNC chairman, who criticzied the Suprme Court ruling last week.
“My friends, we all know this is nothing new, It is the ghost of Jim Crow,” he said.
Kamala Will Get It Done
Afterwards, Harris was introduced by the president of the Howard University Student Association, Kylie Burke. Burke has received a congressional fellowship from the university that has put her in a position of Harris’ Senate office during her sophomore year.
Burke spoke on Harris’ behalf, agreeing that this step to improve voter discrimination is being done in the hands of someone she has come to be inspired by.
Your Vote Is Your Power
“With this $25 million, the Democrats are investing in the tools and technology to register voters, to educate voters, to turn out voters, to protect voters,” Harris said at Howard University in Washington. “People say, ‘What’s the strategy?’ Well, I just outlined it.”
The announcement was made a week after the Supreme court upheld restrictive voting laws in Arizona. 17 states also enacted many new laws restricting their residents easy voting access in regards to the most recent tally.
“The investment is a way to fight back against those restrictive laws, it is never too early to defend your rights,” Harris said.