Kentucky Tried to Suppress The Vote But Folks Weren't Going For It!
By: Executive Tea Staff
Tuesday marked Election Day in Kentucky, with all eyes on the state. Jefferson County, which is home to over 600,000 registered voters, only had one polling place open for Election Day. Days before the primary, social media users launched a campaign called #AllEyesOnKentucky, which aimed to prepare folks to be ready to fight and organize in the event that Kentucky officials would try to turn away voters. Let’s recap the events of today below!
5:45 pm: Singer Ariana Grande sends a food truck to Jefferson County’s polling place to keep people energized to wait in line.
“Please pull up, enjoy and use your voice today we need you,” she tweeted.
6:03 pm: Jefferson County closes polling place while dozens of people remained outside
The people in line to vote were not going down without a fight, and spent time banging on the doors of the polling place demanding they be able to vote.
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6:12 pm: Democratic candidate for Senate, Charles Booker, files a court injunction to keep polls open until every single person had voted.
Booker’s Democratic opponent, Amy McGrath, later announced she would also be filing an injunction for polling places to stay open.
6:35 pm: Charles Booker shares that the polls have re-opened.
By: Executive Tea Staff
Tuesday marked Election Day in Kentucky, with all eyes on the state. Jefferson County, which is home to over 600,000 registered voters, only had one polling place open for Election Day. Days before the primary, social media users launched a campaign called #AllEyesOnKentucky, which aimed to prepare folks to be ready to fight and organize in the event that Kentucky officials would try to turn away voters. Let’s recap the events of today below!
5:45 pm: Singer Ariana Grande sends a food truck to Jefferson County’s polling place to keep people energized to wait in line.
“Please pull up, enjoy and use your voice today we need you,” she tweeted.
6:03 pm: Jefferson County closes polling place while dozens of people remained outside
The people in line to vote were not going down without a fight, and spent time banging on the doors of the polling place demanding they be able to vote.
6:12 pm: Democratic candidate for Senate, Charles Booker, files a court injunction to keep polls open until every single person had voted.
Booker’s Democratic opponent, Amy McGrath, later announced she would also be filing an injunction for polling places to stay open.
6:35 pm: Charles Booker shares that the polls have re-opened.
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Today’s events in Kentucky showed 2 things:
1. Voter suppression is still real
2. Organizing will help us get to victory.
The #AllEyesonKentucky campaign that started on social media last weekend was brilliant, with stars like Kerry Washington, Tracee Ellis Ross, Karrueche, Samuel Jackson, and more gearing their followers up for the possibility of voter suppression in Kentucky. As unfortunate as it is, we have got to be accustomed and ready to fight for our people to be able to exercise their right to vote.
