Recognizing Our Power: The Vote and The Dollar
It is very important that while so many of us are still talking about the recent Supreme Court Decision effectively killing the Voting Rights Act, we not lose sight of […]
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It is very important that while so many of us are still talking about the recent Supreme Court Decision effectively killing the Voting Rights Act, we not lose sight of our immediate opportunities to attack the problem. I speak specifically of the electoral primaries already underway and specifically of the one that will take place in California on June 2, 2026.
We must realize that elections are about power and money. This is evident by the number of candidates running for offices and who they are spending their money with in order to get votes. Let’s be very clear, we do have choices when we vote. We must not assume that we are locked in to party labels and familiar names. We must also look not only at our personal interest but also at our collective interest. For example, I have a democratic member of Congress in my District that cares nothing about the Black vote. Her family’s money bought her a seat in Congress. I have to vote for her because we need every democratIc vote to return control of the House of Representatives to Democratic control so that we might stop the Trump takeover of that branch of government which controls oversight and budget, according to the U. S. Constitution. This effort to have the Republicans continue to control the House of Representatives is the reason for the redistricting that Trump is seeking to implement in every state possible.
Bottom line, I will send that person back to Congress because the good of all of us is tied to gaining Democratic control. But we can only make these kinds of decisions if we are informed. Hence, knowledge is power and power is reflected in how we spend our money. Our dollars are just as important as the Voting Rights Act.
When candidates run for office and fail to share their positions with you, don’t vote for them. If there are Blacks on the ballot, vote Black, since most are without funding, but check out even Blacks before you vote because “All Skin is not Kin.”
