Black Voters Matter bus tour comes to Chattanooga

Black Voters Matter bus tour comes to Chattanooga

Tennessee in chattanooga, a bus tour passing through is encouraging people to get out and vote.

But, tonight it wasn't all about just voting.

News 12's dorothy sherman explains.

Dorothy sherman: "a black voters matter bus makes a stop in chattanooga, and comes together with a local organization to show support for a push to get a citizens oversight board."

Black voters matter join concerned citizens for justice and give their support for the organization's push to create a citizens oversight board.

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Cliff albright: "as people look around and see what the city maybe trying to do on its own people should not get confused and think that what they are trying to create to police themselves is really the kind of solution that we need to really get true safety and accountability for our community."

On the current ballot there is an amendment people can vote on about the chattanooga police advisory and review committee, but according to the ccj, the civilian oversight board is not the same as that committee.

Concerned citizens for justice organizer and core member jude afolake olubodun: "with cob it is populated by members of the community by grassroot organizers and volunteers."

The ccj is getting signatures to get it on the march 20-21 ballot.

They say they will be reaching people by knocking on doors and going to the polls.

They are shooting for 6,000 signatures.

As for black voters matter, this is one of multiple stops as they reach out to voters.

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Cliff albright: "the primary goal is to build power and we believe that there is a lot of ways of doing that.

Registering voters is part of that process.

Having voters turnout to actually vote because it doesn't do us much good if folks register and they're not coming out and so we also try to mobilize voters to actually turnout.

Part of how we do that is by talking about the issues, by talking about the issues that people have shown that they are very passionate about."

Dorothy sherman: "the bus tour will continue on and make stops in atleast 12 more states.

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