For Immediate Release
For additional information,
contact:
Bishop Henry M. Williamson, Sr.
Chairman, Commission of Social
Justice and Human Concerns
Christian Methodist Episcopal
Church
Telephone: 323-294-3830
of the Christian Methodist
Episcopal Church
Addresses the Importance of
Voting
The Commission on Social Justice and
Human Concerns of the Christian
Methodist Episcopal (C.M.E.) Church
addresses the importance of voting
in this historic election year.
The ability to vote is our
constitutional right which many
persons fought, marched and died for
over the decades. We encourage
everyone to register to vote in a
timely manner,
participate in the electoral process
and
upcoming congressional, state and
local elections, and to
vote for a presidential candidate of
your choice .
Election Day is Tuesday, November
4, 2008.
It is more important than ever to
get out and vote and to get others
to vote.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau,
in 2004 the voter turnout rate for
African Americans was 60% and over 9
million eligible African American
voters did not vote. Together we
can make a difference by increasing
awareness and participation in the
voter registration process.
We encourage our members to be
engaged in voter registration
efforts and education drives in our
local churches around the United
States, and getting people to the
polls on Election Day. For
additional information concerning
voter registration for your state
and/or the deadline to register,
please visit
www.rockthevote.com/electioncenter
We bring to your attention the fact
that there are approximately 8
million unregistered African
American voters in the United
States. Pertinent statistical
information is available at
The Christian Methodist Episcopal
Church, under the leadership of
Senior Bishop William H. Graves, is
a 137-year old historically African
American Christian denomination with
more than 800,000 members across the
United States, and has missions and
sister churches in Haiti, Jamaica,
Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo. In
addition to the four CME colleges is
a seminary, Phillips School of
Theology, which is an affiliate
member of the Interdenominational
Theological Center (Atlanta, GA).
For additional information about the
denomination,
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