The Importance Of Voting In Alabama

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Voting is a human right because people shouldn’t be discriminated when they go and vote or even when they go and register to vote. We live in a time where people shouldn’t be judged by color or race. It’s almost as if history is slowly repeating it self. As citizens of the states we have to come together and stand up for others because in the end we all have a voice that needs to be heard. It may just be me but I feel like the law that passed in Alabama is very specious. Why is it that Alabama wants people to vote then the driver licenses office closes in black communities? Is it just because the people in those certain communities are not educated about voting? Or because Alabama doesn’t have enough money to keep certain offices open? Why

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