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Home/Who We Are/Caucuses and Committees/Film Committee and Film Nights/Past DAUK Film Nights/Capturing the Flag Film Night/Capturing the Flag: Interviews with key leaders on voting rights

Capturing the Flag: Interviews with key leaders on voting rights

Including: voter suppression, gerrymandering and protecting our votes

Voter Suppression

Stacey Abrams has been at the forefront in working against voter suppression and ensuring that every vote is counted.

Watch her address to Democrats Abroad UK – in September 2018 in her campaign for Governor.

Her response to the State of the Union Address –  January, 2019.

“Let’s be clear. Voter suppression is real. From making it harder to register and stay on the rolls to moving and closing polling places to rejecting lawful ballots, we can no longer ignore these threats to democracy. While I acknowledge the results of the 2018 election here in Georgia, I did not and we cannot accept efforts to undermine our right to vote.”

From C-Span February 2, 2019

Gerrymandering and Redistricting

David Daley is one of the foremost researchers and activists on the issue of gerrymandering. In this Salon Talk “Gerrymandering is destroying Democracy. How can we fix it?” streamed on April 26, 2019, he discusses the key issues we confront and what we can do!

We hope to screen Slay the Dragon soon. Hailed as incisive and inspiring, the film traces the projects and efforts that have been devoted to gerrymandering and that impact. It focuses upon the successful grassroots campaign in Michigan to ban partisan gerrymandering there.

President Obama and former Attorney General Eric Holder founded the National Democratic Redistricting Committee to promote fair redistricting.

Permission pending

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Get Out The Vote and Protect the Vote

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Protecting the Votes of Americans Abroad

Find out what Democrats Abroad is doing to promote, extend and protect your votes


Campaigns and organizations dedicated to protecting and expanding voter rights and voting

There are hundreds of  US campaigning organizations devoted to every aspect of promoting GOTV and protecting voting rights.  

Review our selection of key, active organizations and campaigns here


Disclaimer: The screening of this film does not constitute an endorsement or promotion of the film, nor of any views expressed therein or any association with The Film Committee, DAUK, Democrats Abroad or the Democratic Party. Screenings are solely conceived as educational activities: offering an opportunity for members to discuss issues.

Links to other organizations or publications imply neither endorsement of their policies nor any association with the Democratic Party or Democrats Abroad – UK.

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