Sentence examples for in support of voting from inspiring English sources
Harry Moore investigated and fought to end lynchings in Florida, traveled the state in support of voting rights for Florida's black citizens, and advocated for equal pay for black and white teachers.
The non profit is traveling in support of voting rights and in favor of an executive order to Ban The Box, which would mean the elimination of questioning about conviction history on initial job applications.
He was standing on a lawn just north of the Capitol, addressing a crowd of several hundred supporters, some of whom, the previous afternoon, had completed a forty-six-day, thousand-mile march from Selma, Alabama, in support of voting rights.
He recounted his role in the 1965 march from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery in support of voting rights when he was severely beaten by Alabama state troopers.
Shelagh spoke in support of votes at 16, a topic picked up by the Manchester Evening News and others, making Shelagh one of the local stars of the week.
Over the summer, Senate Democrats voted in support of such a constitutional amendment while Roberts and McConnell led the opposition.
Two years later he joined the thousands of protesters who marched from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., in support of blacks' voting rights and performed in Montgomery with Baez, Belafonte, Mary Travers and Oscar Brand.
Mr. Burris gave a two-minute speech from the Senate floor in support of a voting rights bill before taking the chair to preside for an hour, a tradition for freshmen lawmakers.
On a chilly Wednesday evening, after delivering a speech to the Senate in support of a voting reform provision, Senator Schumer was driven by a young aide back to the D Street house, where he will give a tour.
Over the past several months, Handy has gone door to door to get Baltimore residents to sign petitions in support of the voting rights bill.
Stephen Taylor, a 46-year-old ex-felon who has been out of prison since 2007, was rallying in support of the voting rights legislation earlier this year when he started getting calls from guys in his neighborhood asking what he was doing.
