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16. "The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.” John F. Kennedy, Former U.S. President. 17. “Voting is not only our right—it is our power.”
"Vote for the crook. It's important." A bumper sticker slogan created by Morton Blackwell urging people to vote for Edwin Edwards over noted white supremacist David Duke in the 1991 Louisiana gubernatorial election. [25] "I'm Ross, and you're the Boss", said by Ross Perot during the 1992 presidential election. [26]
John Lewis quotes on social justice “Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.” —John Lewis from the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 1, 2020
Desmond Meade (born July 22, 1967) is a voting rights activist and Executive Director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition. [1] As chair of Floridians for a Fair Democracy, Meade led the successful effort to pass Florida Amendment 4, a 2018 state initiative that restored voting rights to over 1.4 million Floridians with previous felony convictions. [2]
Democracy is on the ballot this November. ... Former Gov. Charlie Crist is the sole reason we have a paper trail with Florida’s voting machines. I know — in 2004, I was a candidate for ...
Florida's state budget is funded one-third from General Revenue and two-thirds from hundreds of trust funds. [11] The General Revenue portion of Florida's state budget is funded primarily by sales tax, while local governments also have their own respective budgets funded primarily by property taxes. The annual state budget is constructed by the ...
DeSantis and the Republicans move to dilute Black voting power, state Sen. Shevrin Jones says. Our right to vote is under assault in Florida — and so is our democracy | Guest Opinion Skip to ...
In this election, the Whig Party won Florida's three electoral votes with 57.20% of the vote; this was its only victory in the state. [2] In the realigning 1860 election, Florida was one of the ten slave states that did not provide ballot access to the Republican nominee, Abraham Lincoln. [3]