A few years ago, Tiffany Wilburn just didn’t see the point in voting any longer. Her children didn’t have proper school books, health insurance was expensive and hard to get,
By Ayanna Alexander | The Associated Press Austin Crudup, 23, with Mississippi Votes, speaks about elections, race and voter fatigue during a roundtable
A few years ago, Tiffany Wilburn just didn’t see the point in voting any longer. Her children didn’t have proper school books, health insurance was expensive and hard to get, police abuse continued against Black residents, and her city’s struggle to get clean drinking water seemed emblematic of her community always coming out on the…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) A few years ago, Tiffany Wilburn just didn’t see the point in voting any longer.Her children didn’t have proper school books, health
JACKSON, Miss. Recent interviews with Black voters, voting rights groups, candidates and researchers show that voter fatigue has been widely shared in a state where nearly 40% of the overall population is Black. This year, political dynamics have combined to begin changing that, leading many voters to reengage.