D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton addressed the Democratic National Convention in Boston yesterday on the issue of voting rights for Washington D.C., asking John Kerry and John Edwards to “right this wrong.” C-SPAN has posted a video of her speech on the web, and a full transcript is here. Rev. Al Sharpton also promoted voting rights in D.C. on Wednesday in the following unscripted remark:
” … It, to me, is a glaring contradiction that we would fight, and rightfully so, to get the right to vote for the people in the capital of Iraq in Baghdad, but still don’t give the federal right to vote for the people in the capital of the United States, in Washington, D.C. … ” (Via LetsFreeDC)
