Courtesy of the YouTube page:
12-year-old Madison Kimrey of Burlington founded NC Youth Rocks after the North Carolina legislature passed voting restriction laws targeting young people, women, minorities, and the poor.
The law appears to be designed to create long lines at the polls — especially in more populous, urban areas — by cutting early voting and making the voting process more time consuming (this was the formula that created 8-hour waits in Florida for the 2012 election, as a FL election official testified to the House Elections Committee in March 2013). Also, the law requires voters to produce a photo ID, but student IDs are not accepted, even if issued by a state university.
The same law does away with disclosure requirements for political advertising and increases the limit on campaign contributions. Also, the law does away with same-day registration during early voting, which had been popular with African Americans and other groups who had previously not engaged in the democratic process at the same level as white voters had. The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit under the Voting Rights Act.
In this speech Kimrey takes exception to the end of a program by which 16 and 17-year-olds pre-registered to vote when getting their drivers license or through school programs.
Damn! That is one incredibly intelligent young lady.
Watch out North Carolina! Madison Kimrey is certainly going to be a force to be reckoned with!
Madison was raised right! I can't believe how mature, passionate and articulate this young lady is at age 12!! I don't think I could spell "suffragette" at her age!
ReplyDeleteHer parents and educators deserve a round of applause.
OT. Forgot to add this link to POTUS'S speech today in Boston. Well worth watching.
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Damn, those old dinosaurs had better run for the hills. What an amazing kid! Another Wendy Davis in the making.
ReplyDeleteMadison. this 76 year old lady is so proud of you!!!!!!! I have
ReplyDeletetwo great granddaughters ages two and four and two great
grandsons ages six and three. You are their WARRIOR!
Thank you, thank you!!!!!!!
Wow!! Well informed and and a great orator at 12!!!! I think I was reading J.R.R. Tolkien at her age. There is hope that our country can move in the "right" direction.
ReplyDeleteYou go girl!!
Let's see, I should be alive to possibly vote for her as POTUS. Sweet. All is not lost in NC or for our great country. I was getting sucked into the "Deliverance" propaganda that seems to be the flavor of...the decade.
We shall overcome the stupid, ignorant, racist, obstructionist mentality that has moved into our government like a virus.
Progressives need to GOTV in 2014!
Namaste
Indigo-politico. The revolution is in the house and they're about to become teenagers.
ReplyDeleteShe puts the "Wizard of Oz" politicians to shame, and also those using Sebelius to educate them about Obamacare because they haven't bothered to read it themselves.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how the granny grifter would fare in a debate against Miss Madison...hehe
ReplyDeleteFirst, there would be no debate because granny grifter would never accept without MONEY!
DeleteSecond, there would never be a debate because granny grifter doesn't know HOW to debate.
And third, there would be no debate because Madison would chew her up and spit her out like old chewing gum! I would be willing to bet MADISON knows who Paul Revere was to warn!
What a cutie! Rev. Al Sharpton interviewed her on his show today and she has a darling personality. She is home schooled!
ReplyDeletemy heart swells with pride for this young woman. same age as piper, hard to believe, huh? Piper's mom isn't even close to as coherent and intelligent as this young lady...
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