2020 DE Governor's race: on Government Reform
Julianne Murray:
Mail-in voting is open to fraud
The two differed on the mail-in voting process approved this year due to the pandemic, with Ms. Murray expressing concerns about fraud while
Gov. Carney called it "common sense" and a way to expand civic participation in democracy.
Source: Delaware State News on 2020 Delaware Gubernatorial race
Oct 29, 2020
Julianne Murray:
Abolishing Electoral College would dilute the vote
They also differed on the subject of the electoral college, with Carney saying he supported its abolishment and
Murray saying it would "dilute the vote."
Source: Delaware News Journal on 2020 Delaware Gubernatorial race
Oct 13, 2020
Al Sharpton:
An "affront" that Delaware had a whites-only Supreme Court
The Rev. Al Sharpton congratulated Delaware's governor for making Vice Chancellor Tamika Montgomery-Reeves the first black judge to be appointed to the state Supreme Court, but also said the judiciary still needs a more diverse panel of justices.
It was an "affront," he said, that a Delaware criminal justice system that disproportionately arrests, convicts and incarcerates people of color has been overseen by a "whites only" Supreme Court. "We must in many ways repair the institutional neglect
of people of color in the judiciary in this state," Sharpton said. The speech follows months of advocacy ads, making similar calls for racial justice in Delaware.Before Gov. John Carney's appointment of Montgomery-Reeves to the
Supreme Court, Sharpton said he was preparing to directly challenge, rather than congratulate, the governor, given the state never had had a black justice on its Supreme Court.
Source: Wilmington News Journal on 2020 Delaware Gubernatorial race
Oct 31, 2019
John Carney:
Appointed first black judge to the state Supreme Court
The Rev. Al Sharpton congratulated Delaware's governor for making Vice Chancellor Tamika Montgomery-Reeves the first black judge to be appointed to the state Supreme Court, but also said the judiciary still needs a more diverse panel of justices.
Before Gov. John Carney's appointment of Montgomery-Reeves to the Supreme Court, Sharpton said he was preparing to directly challenge, rather than congratulate, the governor, given the state never had had a black justice on its Supreme Court.
The Delaware Legislative Black Caucus said in a statement that Gov. Carney should be commended for his
judicial selections, "which represent a significant step forward in improving diversity and representation at the highest level of Delaware's courts."
Source: Wilmington News Journal on 2020 Delaware Gubernatorial race
Oct 31, 2019
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