Parliamentary tricks can be overcome by voters who replace the legislators who took away their rights. People can resist efforts to suppress the vote and make it a point to turn out in large numbers, as President Obama's campaign accomplished in 2008 and 2012.
However, voter turnout drops by a shocking 50 million in non-Presidential election years. The biggest drop-down is minorities, young people, and lower incomes--opening the door for a right wing takeover. Moral Mondays are gearing up for a "mass voter mobilization campaign." In Michigan and across the nation, massive voter turnout in support of candidates who value people -- not large corporations' profits -- is the best hope to recapture rights, power, and policy.
Robert Weiner is a former Clinton White House spokesman and senior staff for Cong. John Conyers, Charles Rangel, Ed Koch, Claude Pepper, and Sen. Ted Kennedy. He wrote the epilogue to Bankole Thompson's groundbreaking book, "Obama and Christian Loyalty." Bridget Mora is a writer from Chapel Hill, NC, studies "Moral Mondays", advocates for public schools and autism insurance reform, and is policy analyst for Solutions for Change, a foundation informing the public about issues.
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