Black Pastors make plans to GOTV

Pastors of local African American congregations and local black elected officials met tonight to layout strategy on how to inform minority voters the importance of voting in the upcoming Recall Election.

Bishop L. L. Kirby, pastor of St. Paul Church, said that he would commit to a group of 1,000 people from his church and the surrounding neighborhood getting to the poll.

Racine’s Second Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Mark Freeman pledged to the group the use of his church vans to take people from their homes to voting locations.  

Pastor Buddy Vinson, organized the meeting, and about 20 people who attended, agreed to hold a get-out-the-vote rally noon Saturday at St. Paul Church.  The State Recall Election will be held Tuesday, June 5^th.  The polls open at 7 am and remain open until 8 pm.  People do not need pictured ID in order to vote.   People can register on election day.