New Possibilities for Voting Rights in New Jersey
Join us Wednesday 2:00pm to hear about what can happen next!
Has the death of the Voting Rights Act got you down? In New Jersey there’s hope, in the form of a new law. Come hear about it in tomorrow’s Substack Live, Wednesday at 2:00pm Eastern. Tune in!
In this local episode of Fixing Bugs, we’ll be joined by Liza Weisberg of the ACLU-New Jersey and Electoral Innovation Lab fellow Ochuwa Garuba. We’ll talk about the John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey.
This new law has strong implications for elections here in the Garden State. We’ll talk about creative ways to put the new law to work: ending single-race city councils, empowering unaffiliated voters, and build councils and school boards that represent everyone.
Sponsored by Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson and signed into law last month by Governor Sherrill, the JRAVEA is the latest in a string of laws passed nationwide. Ten states have passed state Voting Rights Acts. They’re a way to stop the backsliding caused by the U.S. Supreme Court’s attacks on voting rights. (Learn more about this strategy from Ruth Greenwood.)
