All kinds of celebrities and big-name people have been stumping for votes for the candidates of their choice all over the United States real hard and heavy over the last month in particular because now is voting time.
There are those who have been out campaigning for candidates they want to win. Then, other important people have been in Philly campaigning in a nonpartisan way. Amongst them, these last two weeks has been Marc Morial, President of the National Urban League.
“Right now, we are focusing heavily in Philadelphia like everyone else,” stated Marc Morial, “On getting out the vote. We need a powerful voter turnout. So far, early voting has been strong, but we’ve got to turn out the vote all the way until the end. All the way until election day, all the way until the polls close at the end of election day. I’ve been to Philly twice recently. I was actually there on Tuesday for a series of meetings, and I saw all the folks lined up around City Hall (for vote by mail, on the deadline day October 29).” And Morial was back in Philadelphia over the weekend. On Saturday, November 2, Marc Morial was at Morris Brown AME Church in North Philadelphia for a GOTV Rally with members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. at 12 noon.
Marc Morial stated, “I will do everything in my power, I will do everything we can do, to push everyone out to vote. I think the community is motivated. I think the community is energized. But there are still doubters out there, and we have to work hard to convince them that voting is the best option because the choice is so clear in this election.”
Morial added, “I feel like there’s a lot of energy out there. There’s a lot of enthusiasm out there. But we still have some people in the community we have to work hard to get. We have to work hard to get the younger folks out, the people under forty. They are going to determine the outcome of this election. Voters under forty will make this call. Women voters will make this call. Black men will make this call. I was in Detroit recently, and I was saying directly to Black men, we can’t fence sit. We have to lead. Lead means voting. It means participating.
Look, voting is easier than getting in my car and going down to my favorite place to get something to eat. It’s so easy to vote now. With either early voting, or in some places voting by mail, or going on election day.
I feel like there is a lot of energy with this election and that people understand the importance of this election. I’ve got people who are saying to me, I’m nervous. I’m on pins and needles. That’s because this is such a critical election. Partisanship aside, there’s a choice here. It’s a choice of philosophies, and we have a definition of these philosophies now. We know that on one side, there’s Project 2025 and a plan for autocracy and monarchy. And we know on the other side, there is a plan for the continuation and strengthening of the American democracy, which is imperfect, don’t get me wrong. Democracy is imperfect, but it is better than autocracy. It’s better than monarchy. Black people, particularly those who have been underdogs, communities that have been underdogs in American life, we many times form the consciousness of the nation. Because our aspirations are for continued improvement in American Democracy.”
“We’re looking for continued expansion of the right to vote. We’re looking for continued protection of the right to vote. So, in Philadelphia, it is so important for Philadelphians to know that you are the key to this election. The city of brotherly love and sisterly affection, if Philadelphia voters turn out in large mass numbers, it’s going to sway this election. We cannot do enough to implore people to exercise their right to vote in this Tuesday, November 5 election. I was in North Philadelphia two weeks ago, knocking on doors. It was a wonderful experience. We will work until the last hour to get people to come out and vote.”
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