{"id":4925,"date":"2020-01-07T16:51:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T16:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=4925"},"modified":"2020-01-07T16:53:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T16:53:17","slug":"stacey-abrams-book-on-voting-rights-to-be-published-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/stacey-abrams-book-on-voting-rights-to-be-published-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacey Abrams book on voting rights to be published in June"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4926\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4926\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4926\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AP19353642740901.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"561\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AP19353642740901.jpg 800w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AP19353642740901-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AP19353642740901-768x539.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE &#8211; In this Nov. 15, 2019 file photo, former Georgia House Democratic Leader Stacey Abrams, speaks at the National Press Club in Washington. Abrams has a new book coming out next summer that will focus on voting rights. Henry Holt and Company announced Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, that \u201cOur Time is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America&#8221; is scheduled for June 2020. (AP Photo\/Michael A. McCoy, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Stacey Abrams has a new book coming out this summer that will focus on her signature cause, voting rights.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Henry Holt and Company announced Tuesday that &#8220;Our Time is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America&#8221; is scheduled for June 2020. Based on research and her run for Georgia governor in 2018, her book calls for reforms that make it easier for people to vote. Abrams, a Democrat, narrowly lost to Republican Brian Kemp last year in a campaign that raised numerous questions about everything from the purging of voter rolls to the limited access to voting booths in black precincts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The future of our democracy depends on correcting all that is wrong with our elections process, including the insidious practice of voter suppression,&#8221; Abrams said in a statement. &#8220;And we must remind voters of their power to be seen and to demand action not simply on election days but every day.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abrams, 46, is widely regarded as a rising star in the Democratic Party and has been mentioned as a possible vice presidential candidate in the 2020 election. Now heading the voting rights organization Fair Fight, she is a former Georgia state legislator and author of &#8220;Lead From the Outside.&#8221; She was the first African American woman to be a major party nominee for governor.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Stacey Abrams has a new book coming out this summer that will focus on her signature cause, voting rights. Henry Holt and Company announced Tuesday that &#8220;Our Time is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America&#8221; is scheduled for June 2020. 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