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You are here: Home / Civil Rights / Racial Justice / This Week In Blackness / California Makes Registering To Vote Just A Little Bit Easier

California Makes Registering To Vote Just A Little Bit Easier

by Elon James White|  October 16, 20152:10 pm| 5 Comments

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California continues to make trendsetting strides. Earlier this week Governor Jerry Brown outlawed the use of the team name “Redskins” as a team name or a mascot (we wish the NFL would follow his lead) and recently Brown also signed legislation to automatically register people to vote when they obtain or renew their driver’s license.

The measure, which would also allow Californians to opt out of registering, was introduced in response to the dismal 42% turnout in the November 2014 statewide election. That bill and 13 others the governor signed Saturday, will “help improve elections and expand voter rights and access in California,” Brown’s office said in a statement.

Let’s hope the rest of the country pays attention.

Team Blackness also discussed Keisha Knight Pulliam’s response to Raven-Symone’s black name comments, the fact that black workers need to be twice as good as their coworkers, and Huffington Post is crowdfunding to keep their Ferguson staff writer.

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  1. 1.

    Villago Delenda Est

    October 16, 2015 at 3:04 pm

    California is following Oregon’s lead.

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    Eric

    October 16, 2015 at 3:26 pm

    Oregon and Washington have had this for years, but California will obviously bring more attention

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    A guy

    October 16, 2015 at 6:23 pm

    Did brown order the name changed to the blood thirsty savages. Or did he order the state motto changed to what our moms told us- sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never harm me?

  4. 4.

    rikyrah

    October 16, 2015 at 10:02 pm

    California is leading the way.

  5. 5.

    Cain

    October 16, 2015 at 11:32 pm

    I’m afraid, Oregon did it first. The northwest is way ahead of California in a number of things.

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