Posted on Copper Beacon Jan. 8, 2022
Reprinted here in part with permission
About 50 people came together to remember the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol Thursday at 5 p.m. (Photo by Allan Baker)Local organizations promote the importance of voters' rights, fair elections
Coinciding with gatherings across the country, around 50 people came together near the south end of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge to recognize the seriousness of the attack in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.
Speakers encouraged attendees to contact their representatives to encourage passage of voting rights legislation, especially at the national level with the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Organizers said that the vigil was bipartisan and that voters' rights should not be a partisan issue. Speakers reminded attendees that Republican presidents had renewed the original Voting Rights Act of 1965 for decades until recent court cases weakened it. The new voting rights act would renew old rules and more....CLICK HERE to read this article, with more photos, on the COPPER BEACON.
