Blank-out voting is a protest tactic that preserves turnout while withholding the presidential vote

Evidence

We need to do something that bold. Something that will upset the entire game. In 2016, we should call for an “electoral blank-out.” We vote in the national election for the presidency of the United States, but we leave the ballot blank or write in “none of the above.” This isn’t your standard call for a third-party candidate or an independent black political thrust. Nor is it a rejection of our sacred duty to vote. Exercising the franchise is sacred. Actually, I want black people to turn out for the election in record numbers without Obama on the ticket, but give our attention to other issues on the ballot. We should vote in congressional, state, and local elections. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 615

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• Glaude urged black voters to blank the presidential ballot in 2016 (similarity 0.88)
• Glaude proposes black voters blank the presidential ballot to reject electoral-centric democracy (similarity 0.87)
• An electoral blank-out breaks the premise that black voters are captured (similarity 0.86)
• Voting should be reimagined as a tool of protest beyond office removal. (similarity 0.85)
• Blank-out voting undercuts the black political class’s leverage over captured voters (similarity 0.80)
• Black brokerage leadership reduces black politics to two-yearly Democratic votes (similarity 0.79)