“It’s really important that people vote. Our school board election in the district where I’m at right now was won by two votes last time.”
Jennie Frazier is co-chair of West Michigan Indivisible, a grassroots chapter of the national Indivisible movement supporting the democratic process. She says while previous No Kings rallies protested government overreach, upcoming events aim to encourage voter turnout.
“As research has shown, when you have 3.5% of a population with continued efforts, that they can absolutely influence government for the things that they’re wanting. The big goal this time is to turn out the vote and to turn it out early for, hopefully, the biggest early vote in history.”
The first day of statewide early, in-person voting is Saturday, October 24th. Frazier says the movement is focused on participation and reliable information.
“We are so tied with social media and people are on their phones all the time, and yet so many people are uninformed or choose to not participate, and that’s one great thing about the United States is that our voices are power.”
For more information, go to NoKings.org
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