2022 SC Senate race: on Government Reform


Krystle Matthews: Grassroots effort to register 150,000 new voters

A Democratic state lawmaker is mounting a bid to unseat Sen. Tim Scott, saying her campaign - with the aim of registering 150,000 new voters across South Carolina - has what it takes to tighten the margin Democrats have struggled to close in statewide elections. "This is a true grassroots effort, focusing on voter registration, engagement and mobilization," state Matthews said. "We're going to meet and engage as many people as we can, particularly people who haven't voted in a while."
Source: The Sumter Item on 2022 South Carolina Senate race Apr 13, 2021

Krystle Matthews: Provide transparency between citizens and state government

I will provide transparency between citizens and the South Carolina state government. I am committed to increasing awareness and engagement about the issues that face our community. We deserve to live healthy, affordable, enjoyable lives and our communities should be a place that helps us thrive.
Source: 2022 South Carolina Senate campaign website KrystleForSC.com Apr 21, 2021

Tim Scott: Jim Crow 2.0 exaggerates compared to historical Jim Crow

The president talked about stopping something that he called "Jim Crow 2.0," [the term Biden used to describe suppression of minority voting rights]. I ask myself how many Americans understand what Jim Crow was: For a black person to vote, you had to pass a literacy test, but not on reading, it was a test: "Do you know who your governor was 20 years before you were getting ready to vote?" It was would include the threat of being lynched, literally killed, because those in power wanted to stop black folks from fully participating in the right to vote.

And so when I hear the President talk about Jim Crow 2.0, I rushed to read the new Georgia law one more time. The controversy that the president spoke about: it is illegal to get water while waiting to vote. Now, that claim has been proven false. The only time you can't get water while waiting in line to vote is someone campaigning, you can't bring them water, if you're an election worker, you can bring them water.

Source: C-Span transcript on 2022 South Carolina Senate race Jan 19, 2022

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