Voting Rights are Primary - During the primary phase of the mid-term elections, independent voter groups are protesting their second class status as voters.
North Carolina - Students and community members hit the streets in Greensboro.
Ohio - Independent voters protested on primary day at the Secretary of State’s office in Columbus about their status as first class taxpayers, but second class voters. The protest was part of the Voting Rights are Primary campaign being coordinated nationally by IndependentVoting.org. The Ohio action received coverage on the local ABC station and in The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Pennsylvania - Independent Pennsylvanians founder, Jenn Bullock, was on the streets of Philadelphia on primary day May 20th, where 1 million PA voters are excluded. She spoke with statewide columnist, John Finnerty, for his piece "Voters Pay for Primaries but Don't get a Say."
So today is Primary Day in New York City. IndependentVoting.org and The New York City Independence Party Organizations picked the 13th Assembly District to bring out our message.
The Democratic primary is between: incumbent Charles Rangel, who was first elected in 1970, Adriano Espaillat, a State senator, Michael A. Walrond Jr., the seventh Senior Pastor of the historic First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem, and Yolanda Garcia, a Bronx activist.
The polling site I covered was the Tracy Tower Community Center in the South Bronx section of the 13th District.
Some of my Independent friends.
The group collected 26 survey questionnaires called I Can't Vote Today Ask Me Why.
I did my part letting passing vehicles know about are message:
Independents: First Class Tax Payers... Second Class Voters
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!
Michael H. Drucker
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