From my post earlier (copied directly from the organization's site):
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The mission of 1911 United is to invigorate the electorate across all 12 battleground states to not only take responsibility for educating themselves on the electoral process, but to also encourage all who will listen to re-elect the President of the United States, Barack Obama. Yes, our goals include registering millions of voters. Yes, our goals include recruiting an army of volunteers for President Obama. However, our primary objective in this endeavor is to simply educate voters on the issues most pressing to their financial, social, educational, and occupational outlooks. People need to know who they are voting for and why. People need to be abreast of pertinent issues that will affect our children for years to come. This is why Ques and the Nupes have partnered up to spearhead a new movement for our country, an educationally uplifting and powerful movement. We need YOUR help. Are you in? I’m in!
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Hopefully this is not your objective, but it seems as if you're implying that AA citizens will ONLY vote because the candidate is black and that we'll somehow get "confused" if there were 2 opposing black candidates. Why can't 1911 United be a group supporting the democratic party?
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As a S/N: I think the emphasis is on "We need
black citizens to register to vote for our President" as opposed to "We need citizens to register to vote for our
black President". To many AAs, "First black President" is an important distinction. This is just the group speaking to its target audience.
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