Voters with literacy issues face challenges as midterm elections near

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ANNIE WALDMAN: That's right. This is not a small group of people. According to the data for the National Center for Education Statistics, there are about 48 million Americans adults, about one-fifth of the adult population, who struggle to read at a basic level. WALDMAN: Yeah, that's right. There are people out there who [are] sitting an appropriate distance away from the actual ballot box. Um, but they are there to help you read if you struggle at the ballot box. Also, poll workers are sometimes allowed to help you read your ballot if you struggle.There [are] a number of states have actually made it harder for people to vote.

It's not just the laws themselves, but actually the prosecution of people who are trying to help people vote. We stumbled upon the story of Olivia Coley Pearson. She's a city commissioner in Coffee County in Georgia, and she's made it her mission to make sure that everybody in her community who wants to vote has an opportunity to do so. And she's been helping them for decades.

The sad thing is her saga did not end there. In 2020, when she was helping voters who struggled to read at the polls, she was arrested at the voting booth for supposed criminal trespassing. The charge hung over her for two years, but just earlier this year, the case was dropped.

Voters should carry a 1 million candle power spotlight with them, have another person in your car shine it directly into the intimidators' eyes while you drop off the ballots.

Diversion from the Biden/Dem/Socialist disasters. How is your food bill, energy costs, retirement fund?

They know democrats are in trouble

I thought voter fraud and irregularities didn't exist? Which is it?

Will you vote in the midterm elections?

Don’t forget all the people arrested for fraud

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