Black voters weigh in on candidates’ outreach, Black Lives Matter movement on eve of election

Community organizer, KaPreace Young on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020 at the University of Nevada, Reno. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent) On the penultimate Sunday before the election, KaPreace Young was helping host the Souls to the Polls event in Reno, where Democratic leaders joined Black voters at Dick Taylor Park after churches released and served lunch with live gospel music before leading groups to a voting site.

For Young, mobilizing Black voters and voting herself comes with power to shape the future for her son, nieces, nephews and cousins and a heavy historical significance. “There was a time where my ancestors were worth three-fifths of a person, and we didn’t have the right to vote. And when women were given the right to vote, that did not give Black women the right to vote,” she said.

“Those are the historical significances that encourage me and push me to keep voting no matter what systems of power are in place.” The Sunday spectacular, and a similar event in Las Vegas a week earlier, were among the more elaborate events attempting to inspire Black Nevadans, who make up 9 percent of eligible voters in the state , to vote during a pandemic […]

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