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Ohio State Rep.
Alicia Reece Issues Statement on Ohio´s Voter Purge Being
Considered by the US Supreme Court
As Martin Luther King, Jr. day neared, Ohio State Rep.
Alicia Reece (D-Cincinnati) last week issued the following
statement on Ohio´s Voter Purge, or automatic cancellation
of taxpayers´ voting registration, now being heard by the
U.S. Supreme Court:
"Taxpayers deserve answers as to why their most fundamental
freedom, the right to vote, can be automatically cancelled
by politicians in Columbus. No other American privilege or
right faces as little protection in Ohio as voting.
"I believe we can and should move past these constant
assaults on our constitutional freedoms and guarantees by
taking the lead, at the state level, to permanently enshrine
a voter´s rights into state constitutions across our
nation."
Reece, a board member of the National Action Network and
former vice chair of the 2016 DNC convention, has garnered
statewide and national attention for her activism on justice
reform and voting rights. The Cincinnati lawmaker has called
for a Voter Bill of Rights to be guaranteed in state
constitutions throughout the nation, and she serves as a
founding member of the Ohio Governor´s task force on
police-community relations.
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