Activists in Colorado are calling on Democratic voters to vote “no vote” in the state’s primary next week to show their opposition to President Biden’s support for Israel’s war against Hamas.
The campaign, led by the Colorado Palestine Coalition and local chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America, began with more than 100,000 people protesting Biden’s handling of the Gaza conflict during Michigan’s Democratic primary earlier this week. This was done after a “no commit” vote was cast.
“With less than a week left to submit ballots for the federal Democratic primary, inspired by Michigan’s success, we are launching our own non-committal campaign,” the Colorado Palestine Coalition said in a statement. I wrote to X.
“On March 5th, the State of Colorado called on Genocide Joe to demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire and not remain silent while he aids and abets Israel’s slaughter of Palestine people. We took the opportunity to send a message that we support ending military aid and ending “ to the profession! ” the tweet continued.
The activist group’s website says protests against the war in Gaza have been “largely ignored” by Democrats and that “a growing number of Arab voters, Muslim voters, young voters and voters of color” are no longer in the Biden administration. They claim they do not feel represented. values.
“Our votes must be won through immediate and fundamental policy changes by the Biden administration,” the Colorado Palestine Coalition’s “Non-Committal Vote” webpage reads, urging supporters to: People are asked to sign a pledge sponsored by the Democratic Socialist Party of America’s Denver chapter.
Only a few hundred people had signed the pledge as of Thursday afternoon.
If at least 15% of voters in any Colorado district vote “uncommitted,” they will be assigned one of the 72 delegates to be recruited on March 5.
Michigan will have two “uncommitted” members at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago after 13.2% of voters statewide cast “uncommitted” votes in the state’s Democratic primary. Securing delegates.
Organizers of the so-called “Listen to Michigan” campaign have previously set a modest goal of getting 10,000 voters to mark them as “irresponsible,” before calling it quits. rated it as a success. This is a reference to the narrow margin in which former President Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton. 2016 status.
Colorado’s “non-commit” camp has not said what goals it hopes to accomplish next week.
