MAYOR ANDRE SAYEGH CREATES SILK CITY SUFFRAGETTES

TO FOCUS ON VOTE BY MAIL ELECTION

2020 marks the Centennial Anniversary of the Women’s Suffrage movement – a journey that ultimately led to the ratification of the 19^th Amendment which gave women in the United States the Constitutional right to vote.

Today, Mayor Andre Sayegh announced the creation of a team of Silk City Suffragettes in honor of the centennial anniversary of women’s right to vote. The Silk City Suffragettes will be comprised of women from the City of Paterson who will focus on bringing awareness to the importance of our civic duty to participate in the vote by mail process and educate voters on the process for the upcoming election. The committee of Silk City Suffragettes will help ensure that errors are minimized so that no vote is disqualified and no voter in disenfranchised.

“Your vote is voice and we are not allowing any voices to be muted during this election, said Mayor Andre Sayegh. “We have strong team of strong women. The Silk city suffragettes will work to ensure that everyone vote and voice counts.”

Joining the Mayor in this announcement was Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter who announced that tomorrow in Trenton they will pass legislation for early voting; delivering ballots 45 days before the November 3 election to ensure every vote will count.

Assemblywoman Sumter also announced several other points:

–     Information regarding the Ballot Cures Act. With the vote by mail process signatures may not match the original signature given when a person registered, the Ballot Cures Act allows rejected or mismatched signature ballots to be confirmed through an affidavit or form of ID.

–    Working with the municipal clerks so a citizen can turn their ballot in to municipal clerk and not have to wait solely for the Postal system.

–     Removal of the 48-hour Postal mark of receiving the ballot so a citizen may have up to 144 hours to turn in their ballot.

“We’re taking every opportunity so that voters will not be disenfranchised in the November 3 election which is a historical monumental election,” said Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter. “Suffragettes there is work to be done. Our work is not finished we must make sure that we breakthrough that concrete ceiling to empower women to serve but we must vote.”

The Silk City Suffragettes will go door to door and use social media platforms to educate voters and raise awareness of the vote by mail election.

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