Vote Like Your Life Depended on It - BET Awards

Daily Mail

First Lady Michelle Obama took to the stage at an awards ceremony on Saturday with celebrities like Stevie Wonder and Mariah Carey, as they called on the black community to civic action.

The taping of the BET Honors, hosted by Black Entertainment Television was held at the historic Warner Theatre in downtown Washington and also featured poet Maya Angelou and other African American celebrities.

Throughout the night, members were encouraged to vote 'like their lives depended on it' in the 2012 election.

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ALEC group vs Maine voting rights

ALEC-Linked Group Revealed as Major Secret Donor in Referendum on Maine Voting Rights
Scott Keyes, ThinkProgress: "Last month, Maine voters … approved a referendum restoring election day voting registration rights in the state…. Voting rights opponents poured money into the campaign to repeal election day registration. In fact, just two days after the state's campaign finance reporting deadline, a secret conservative donor funneled $250,000 into the race."
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New York Voting Rights March

Tens Of Thousands March On Koch Industries For Suppressing Voting Rights | This past Saturday, tens of thousands of civil rights activists marched on the New York offices of Koch Industries to protest the Koch brothers’ support of restrictive voting laws that disenfranchise millions. In dozens of states, Republican politicians have pushed laws that disproportionately keep Democratic voters, including blacks, Latinos, students, and the poor, from the polls. U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) was among the lawmakers and labor leaders who locked arms and led the march on Madison Avenue. The billionaire Koch brothers help fund the shadowy corporate front group ALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council) that has modeled restrictive voting legislation.