Our Votes Matter Because We Refuse to Be Silent

By Dr. Alveda King

 

Some are casting their votes now in the midterm elections of 2022.

My mother, Mrs. Naomi Ruth Barber King, widow of my father, famed slain civil rights activist Rev. A. D. King, and I voted early.

We’re overjoyed to see voter turnout breaking records nationally.

I am particularly excited that my home state, Georgia, may see the most significant percentages of voter turnout in modern history.

Almost one third of those casting early ballots are Black.

We are also seeing a significant number of new voters who registered in 2022.

The successful early voter turnout should allay fears of voter suppression. However,this writer believes that America’s long experiment in democracy must be protected, during this critical election, and during future elections as well.

I have joined multiple grass-roots, and other efforts, to support poll watcher training.

At the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), where I’m chair of the Center for The American Dream, I’ve joined the Hon. Ken Blackwell, who is chairman of the AFPI Center for Election Integrity, and indeed the AFPI community in helping to make it “easy to vote and hard to cheat.”

Every citizen who is eligible to vote should unquestionably cast a ballot.

Voting is extremely personal to this writer in a way that many other American have families have also experienced in turbulent pasts.

Unfortunately, far too many members of my family and loved ones have been martyred for freedom in America. But, it may well be argued they gave their lives for what they believed in — and for their country.

… (Excerpt from Newsmax)