REMARKS
Council Member Brewer discusses legislation to protect voting rights of domestic violence survivors
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Council Member Gale A. Brewer discusses legislation aimed at protecting the voting rights of domestic violence survivors who need to remain invisible to their abusers. She emphasizes the importance of addressing this often-forgotten population and thanks those involved in developing the legislation.
- The legislation fills a gap left by existing state laws regarding voting for domestic violence survivors in safe houses.
- Brewer specifically thanks Cynthia Hornick from her office for bringing attention to this issue.
- The council member expresses hope that the legislation will pass, enabling this vulnerable population to vote safely.
Gale A. Brewer
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Thank you very much.
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I wanna particularly thank, Cynthia Hornick from my office and others who work in this field for thinking that there are, examples perhaps of many people who are supposed to be, not visible to their, accuser, somebody who is, obviously, harassing them and has brought them to a safe place, mostly sponsored by Safe Horizon or other nonprofits where they will not be tormented and perhaps killed by, whoever is, tormenting them.
0:05:45
And there are state legislation that has passed, but it has not completed the issue of voting.
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And so this particular piece of legislation fills a gap and hopefully will pass, and then people hopefully will be able to vote.
0:05:59
It's an example of, I think, community and population that's not often thought of, and I really want to thank everybody, particularly Cynthia Hornick, who made sure that this population is not forgotten, when voting.
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Thank you very
