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The 1957 crisis in Little Rock, brought about by the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, was a huge part of the march toward freedom and opportunity in America. ↗

— Vic Snyder

#america #brought #central #crisis #freedom

Unfortunately, our history has abundant examples of patriotism being used to hurt those who express views in disagreement with that of the majority. ↗

— Vic Snyder

#being #being used #disagreement #examples #express

When public access to voting is impaired or when public confidence in voting is diluted, democracy suffers and our freedom is less secure. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#confidence #democracy #diluted #freedom #impaired

And when people in power can stay in power they do very little to tinker with the apparatus that put them in power. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#little #people #power #put #stay

Beyond that, states had to also have electronic voting machines that made it possible for people who are physically handicapped to vote in private... and the computerized voting machine made it very easy for, particularly, the blind. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#beyond #blind #computerized #easy #electronic

I found that there is very little interest in Washington for true election reform. That neither the White House nor either house of the Congress seems to be as committed to guaranteeing democratic participation in this country as we seem to be in other countries. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#congress #countries #country #democratic #either

A lot of the people in San Francisco think of themselves as healers - not just as people delivering this base service, but giving their clients spiritual help. It's almost like being an actor, playing a different part for each trick. ↗

— James Franco

#almost #base #being #clients #delivering

I was the Secretary of State of New Jersey in November 2000. I paid careful attention to the challenges that stemmed from inadequate voting systems in various places. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#careful #challenges #i #inadequate #jersey

We have no basis for having a recall of any particular type of voting equipment because there are no standards. And when we do have standards, even these standards are required to be voluntary. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#basis #because #equipment #even #having

When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never fixed. And we understood then that there was a relationship between public policy and our quality of life. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#between #fixed #growing #growing up #i