A polling station in Smyrna, Georgia, where voters cast their ballots early in this year's midterm elections . (Photo source: Reuters)
China Daily, November 7 (Dang Chaofeng) After the 2020 US presidential election and the census, The US Republican Party has been trying to suppress American minorities through unfair electoral reforms The impact of the expansion of the population on the party's election results has formed "voter suppression" against ethnic minorities. Spain's "Le Monde" reported on the 5th that in this year's midterm elections, American minorities are fighting "voter suppression".
reported that Georgia passed the 2021 Election Integrity Act, becoming the first state to reform the electoral system.
The bill allows the Republican -controlled state board of elections to replace election officials in counties, and introduces some new restrictions on voting, including voter ID requirements for voting by mail, limiting the number of mail-in ballot boxes, and banning voter queues Give them food and drinks etc. when they vote. Xakota Espinoza, spokesman for
Action for Fair Fight, said: “Another extremely pernicious aspect of the Election Integrity Act 2021 is that it allows any citizen to question the legitimacy of other voters. So far, we have received 80,000 Complaints.”
In Georgia, the voice for voter rights is the gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. She trails incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp, according to recent polls. Abrams played a key role in mobilizing large numbers of black voters to vote for Biden in 2020. But Bluestein, Georgia's most prominent political reporter, said her high profile could work against her. “Voters on the other side are unhappy with Abrams’ years of activism . She can always count on her supporters, but polls show that 75% of Georgians (including many undecided voters) The biggest concern is the economy. inflation is high and people think Biden and Abrams are the culprits.”
Inspired by Abrams, Georgia has seen several An organization that protects voting rights. Hannah Gebresilassi of Emory University , who leads a group called Protection Vote, set up a table at the university on the first day of early voting to encourage colleagues to vote. "A lot of people think slavery doesn't exist anymore, but it's not," Gebresilassi said. "It's a form of modern slavery, and it's reflected in unemployment, different levels of education and voter suppression. It's all about the country being built on imperfect foundations. The key to changing this is not to hinder minority voting. "Voter suppression is also an issue facing the Latino community in the United States," said Lourdes M. We've been working on making sure to vote in spanish , if your primary language isn't english then no translation is another form of suppression. Another challenge for
Latino Justice is motivating Latinos to participate in a democracy that doesn’t always treat them fairly. “We’re almost 20 percent of the U.S. population, but we’re in Political representation at all levels, such as MPs, judges and prosecutors, is much lower.
"The problem is that our problems are not being talked about and addressed very well by both parties," he said. Latino voters feel they are not valued, and they are tired of it. Democrats are bemoaning the loss of Latino voters, but the truth is that the two parties will only take this into account when the Latino vote is tilted to the other side. "
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