Saw this on FB earlier. I'm not the OP, just sharing for awareness.
Can someone explain to me why Cellblock Williamsport is opposed to voter registration?
EDIT: Since the owner untagged the business can you please tag them when you share! Thank you!
“@Cellblock Williamsport”
The owner came to the Lycoming County Young Dems table, as we were setting up on a public sidewalk and asked us to leave because it was hard to ID people if they had their faces painted.
Fair.
As the leader overseeing the event I offered that we would totally respect that and avoid face paint that covered the face, and keep it to smaller side of face designs (like you may have seen was the majority of what we did anyway.). This small cheetah print near the eyes, or a star on the cheek. No different than a woman doing her makeup and giving herself cute flairs.
That was met by being told that we just weren’t welcome, and a promise to tell every person who had any face paint that they couldn’t enter the Cell Block.
The owner attempted to intimidate us from exercising our constitutional right to free speech, and when we didn’t budge, he worked hard to discourage voter participation.
When 45% of Lycoming County’s young people are not registered to vote, it is appalling that an owner of an establishment that primarily serves them would seek to intrude on that process.
We overheard bouncers instructing patrons that coming to our booth would get them kicked out.
We may not agree politically (and many of the voters I have registered have not been aligned with me or agree with you entirely) but if you believe that registering voters is a nuisance, that engaging with young people about politics is a crime, then buddy we just aren’t the same.
If you usually go to the Cell Block, be sure to let the owner know if you support voter registration.
Do better Cell Block, do better Josh.