Partnering with My Black Is Beautiful‘s #HowWeWin initiative to raise awareness on how voters can combat voter disenfranchisement and suppression, Sanders says it is crucial that Black voters arm themselves with the information needed to ensure that they are both registered to vote and are able to effectively cast their ballot on Nov. 3.
Most recently in states like Georgia, polling sites in predominantly Black and Brown districts were met with long lines of voters who waited hours to cast their ballots and a shortage of voting machines.
There are various ways in which voters of color across the country are disenfranchised, Sanders pointed out, including state laws requiring certain kinds of IDs and red tape around casting absentee ballots and voting by mail, which has been expanded in some states due to concerns over COVID-19.
To ensure that Black voters are armored with the right information and able to cast their votes successfully this November, Sanders offered some useful tips.
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“A Biden administration would restore section 5 of the Voting Rights Act,” Sanders said, which was meant to prevent historically-racist states in the South from changing election laws without federal approval.
