{"id":2592,"date":"2021-07-19T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/following-voting-rights-hearing-in-georgia-merkley-issues-statement-underscoring-importance-of-protecting-the-ballot-box-2021\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:05:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:05:39","slug":"following-voting-rights-hearing-in-georgia-merkley-issues-statement-underscoring-importance-of-protecting-the-ballot-box-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/following-voting-rights-hearing-in-georgia-merkley-issues-statement-underscoring-importance-of-protecting-the-ballot-box-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Despu\u00e9s de la audiencia sobre derechos electorales en Georgia, Merkley emite una declaraci\u00f3n que subraya la importancia de proteger las urnas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC \u2013 El Senador de los EE. UU. de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, patrocinador principal del <i>Ley para el Pueblo<\/i>, y miembro del Comit\u00e9 Senatorial de Reglas y Administraci\u00f3n\u2014 emiti\u00f3 la siguiente declaraci\u00f3n hoy despu\u00e9s de la audiencia de campo del Comit\u00e9 en Georgia, subrayando la importancia de proteger el sagrado derecho al voto de los estadounidenses:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGeorgia siempre ha estado en el centro de la larga lucha de Estados Unidos para cumplir su promesa de que todos los ciudadanos pueden opinar sobre c\u00f3mo se dirige nuestro pa\u00eds. El fenomenal museo donde se llev\u00f3 a cabo la audiencia de campo de hoy, a solo unas pocas millas del p\u00falpito del Dr. King, ahora el Senador Warnock, cuenta un cap\u00edtulo de esa historia nacional, una historia inspiradora de gente com\u00fan que hace cosas extraordinarias en nombre de la libertad. Pero lo que escuchamos en la audiencia de campo de hoy deber\u00eda causar escalofr\u00edos a todos los estadounidenses que creen en elecciones libres y justas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNadie deber\u00eda tener que esperar horas y horas para emitir su voto. Los funcionarios partidistas no deber\u00edan descartar los resultados de las elecciones porque no les gusta la elecci\u00f3n de los votantes. No deber\u00eda importar d\u00f3nde viva, cu\u00e1nto dinero tenga o el color de su piel: todos merecemos la misma oportunidad de emitir nuestro voto y saber que nuestro voto contar\u00e1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLos ataques al derecho al voto de los que escuchamos hoy son parte de un esfuerzo concertado de los ricos y poderosos para asegurarse de que puedan ejercer el poder para su propio beneficio, sin importar lo que la mayor\u00eda de los estadounidenses quiera. Durante d\u00e9cadas, se han otorgado recortes de impuestos masivos y han obtenido tarjetas gratis para salir de la c\u00e1rcel, mientras que la mayor\u00eda de la gente trabaja m\u00e1s horas por menos dinero y sus gastos se disparan. No es de extra\u00f1ar que la mayor\u00eda de los estadounidenses rechacen esa visi\u00f3n. Los intereses especiales adinerados saben que la \u00fanica forma en que se aferran al poder es volver a una versi\u00f3n de Estados Unidos anterior a 1965, donde el derecho al voto se reparte cuidadosamente seg\u00fan el lugar donde vives, c\u00f3mo te ves y en qu\u00e9 crees.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo se puede negar que tenemos mucho trabajo por delante si alguna vez queremos estar a la altura de los principios de libertad e igualdad para todos. Estos son hermosos principios que inspiraron a nuestros fundadores en el nacimiento de esta naci\u00f3n y generaciones de estadounidenses que fueron a la batalla para defenderlos. Han inspirado a los estadounidenses de todo el pa\u00eds a unirse sin importar la raza, la clase y la religi\u00f3n para marchar, organizarse y darlo todo para crear una naci\u00f3n m\u00e1s libre y justa. Mientras conmemoramos el primer aniversario del fallecimiento del congresista John Lewis esta semana, nos corresponde a cada uno de nosotros preguntarnos c\u00f3mo podemos estar a la altura de su legado y proteger los derechos de voto de la pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEste Congreso tiene la oportunidad, y la responsabilidad, de hacer una poderosa contribuci\u00f3n a ese legado, intensificando y protegiendo los votos y las voces sagradas de los estadounidenses de los esquemas diab\u00f3licos de los extremistas ricos y poderosos. Eso significar\u00e1 poner fin a la manipulaci\u00f3n partidista, evitar que los multimillonarios compren elecciones y asegurarse de que los funcionarios p\u00fablicos trabajen para el p\u00fablico, no para ellos mismos. Y debemos garantizar que todos los estadounidenses tengan la libertad de emitir su voto sin intimidaci\u00f3n y sabiendo que su voto contar\u00e1. La libertad de los estadounidenses est\u00e1 en juego\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley&mdash;the lead sponsor of the For the People Act, and member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration&mdash;issued the following statement today after the Committee&rsquo;s field hearing in Georgia, underscoring the importance of protecting Americans&rsquo; sacred right to vote: &ldquo;Georgia has always been in the center of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-2592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-civil-rights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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