14: Why Your Vote Matters with Virginia Kase Solomón

Justice By Design

Politics, News

4.5 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR and Virginia Kase Solomón discuss the critical importance of voting in a democracy, emphasizing that every vote matters, especially in local elections. They explore the barriers to voting, including misinformation and intimidation, and highlight the efforts being made to protect voter rights. Solomon shares resources for voters to ensure their voices are heard and encourages the creation of a personal voting plan to navigate the electoral process effectively.

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0:00.0	I'm Kimberly Atkins store and welcome to Justice by Design, the podcast where I don't just
0:06.5	dissect the problems that we're facing in our society, but I talk to the people who are on
0:12.7	the ground rolling up their sleeves to find solutions. You know, so often I am asked by people,
0:26.1	do our votes really matter? And there's a lot of skepticism about the power of voting. And they do. But it's understandable why some people have that question.
0:35.9	We do see lots of litigation around our elections.
0:41.3	We've had an election that was decided by a court instead of by the people.
0:48.3	We see constant attacks on voting access and people, including a presidential candidate, telling us that the election is already rigged.
1:00.3	So where do we find the truth and how do we ensure that every voter is confident that the ballots that they cast are meaningful and a part of vital part of our democracy.
1:14.5	Well, with me today to break through and work through these questions is Virginia K. Solomon.
1:21.4	She is the president and CEO of Common Cause, Virginia. Thank you so much for joining me.
1:27.4	I'm so happy to be here. Good to see you,
1:29.0	Kimberly. So before we get started, tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do at Common Cause and
1:36.0	what you've done in your career at other organizations like the League of Women Voters. Yeah, so again,
1:42.9	Virginia K. Salomon, I have been with Common Cause now for about half a year.
1:48.7	It's actually my just finished by eight month anniversary. And so serving as the president and CEO
1:53.7	role there, I'm the 10th president of that organization. It was founded in 1970. And the purpose of
1:59.6	common cause and why it was even founded in the first
2:02.1	place was it was meant to be the people's lobbies because everybody seems to have representation
2:07.1	in state capitals and in Congress, except for people, regular everyday people like you and I.
2:13.6	So making sure that we're the people's voice and that we're being represented. Prior to that, I was the CEO of the League of Women Voters of the US, which is a 100-year-old
2:22.4	voting rights organization born out of the suffrage movement.
2:26.5	And then actually, I started as a community organizer when I was 17 years old and started
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