What matters most in Election 2020?
by Elouise
Some say we’ve lost our way
Or never found it in the first place
Ask anyone where we are
and you’ll get a different answer
or spin on today’s evils
deplored by many yet
tolerated by others who keep
peering into their fat pockets
Some even higher on the ladder
hide behind protective measures
meant to procure a place
at the Right Table if not a voice
in anything but business as usual
which means nothing when we’ve
lost our way and don’t know how
to get out of this endless loop
Others say we’ve lost our way
Yet leaderless non-governance
guarantees we’ll do that because
it’s part of the campaign
for another America already lurking
behind niceties and small talk
masked by forever grins on faces
of perpetrators at the top and bottom
making their way one stolen vote at a time
As I see it, voter suppression has become a tragic tradition in the USA. The thought of Honorable Stacey Abrams becoming former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate (no, he hasn’t invited her to do this) gives me hope and clarity about what matters most.
There’s a lot that needs to be restored in the USA. Yet talk about important plans is vain if we can’t come up with a plan to abolish voter suppression. It stares us in the face every day, not just during election campaigns. Abrams is more than ready for this fight.
Abolition of Voter Suppression!
A goal worth pursuing with all our hearts before the door slams shut.
© Elouise Renich Fraser, 14 April 2020
Image found at learn.kqed.org
“There’s a lot that needs to be restored in the USA.” Renewed, reimagined, rebuilt. Maybe, but not put back the way it was.
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Precisely….renewed, re-imagined, and rebuilt in light of our current disarray and distorted views of “our” history. And only after we’ve dealt with voter suppression as a political tactic of internal warfare.
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Thank you for this important message, Elouise. I thought folks might like these websites:
https://www.lwv.org/voting-rights/fighting-voter-suppression
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/02/07/how-advocates-are-fighting-voter-suppression
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-fight-voter-suppression-nationwide?ms=gad_voter%20suppression%20examples_406613386957_8628877148_92449136571&gclid=CjwKCAjwvtX0BRAFEiwAGWJyZBHgQf1NcgXWStfoCvcItAfcR9gddidL7wbkmxwsFDHow_Eit6wz2BoCIFQQAvD_BwE
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Hi, Marilyn. Thanks so much for these websites. I just looked at each of them, and am going to post links so readers don’t miss the opportunity to find out more or get involved. 🙂
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