Mayor Turner stands against voter suppression
Jewish Herald-Voice | Published on 4/8/2021
Mayor Sylvester Turner invited a diverse group of elected officials, community leaders and business executives to stand in solidarity against voter suppression bills in the Texas Legislature.
More than 50 individuals and organizations have vowed to oppose SB 7 and HB 6, which would make voting more difficult and less accessible to people of color and people with disabilities.
“The right to vote is sacred. In the 1800s and 1900s in this country, women and people of color had to fight to obtain that right to vote,” Mayor Turner said. “In 2021, we find ourselves again fighting bills filed in legislatures across this country that would restrict and suppress the right of people to vote. These bills are Jim Crow 2.0.”
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