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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Encourages Increased Voter Registration in Hawaiʻi

Statement

Date: Sept. 22, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Today, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02), a co-sponsor of the Voter Empowerment Act, released the following statement on National Voter Registration Day:

"Voter participation in Hawaiʻi has been declining since 1959, and in the last few elections, our voter participation rates have been among the lowest in the country, with just half of registered voters actually turning out to vote," said Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard. "Our nation is founded on the principles of an active, engaged democracy, and we are at our best when the diverse voices of our nation are heard through our citizens exercising their right to vote.

"As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said: "Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.' "


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