Westchester Insider: Indivisible Westchester: Media Advisory: Deadline for Democracy Rally in White Plains 6/28.

 

Deadline for Democracy Event Calls for Urgent Action on Voting Rights.

Local Grassroots Organizations Rally for Crucial Democracy Reforms.

6/28/21

White Plains, NY - Several dozen grassroots organizations from across Westchester are rallying in White Plains in support of immediate action on voting rights. The rally is part of a statewide day of action and other similar Deadline for Democracy events are playing out across the nation to create a sense of urgency around this and other crucial democracy reforms well in advance of next year’s midterm elections. 

Event: Deadline for Democracy

Date: Monday, June 28th

Time: 5:30 PM

Location: 111 Martin Luther King Jr., Blvd, White Plains

Speakers: State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Jaron Benjamin, Co-founder of Birddog Nation (list in formation)

Local Indivisible groups, Democratic committees and organizations are cosponsoring the rally to demonstrate that Congress must act to protect our democracy as the “Big Lie” of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election that sparked a violent attack at the Capitol continues to gain steam with numerous states across the country passing voter suppression laws.