Those in the line outside the Caddo Registrar of Voters Saturday morning were there to do more than vote — they were there to be seen.
Early voting was in full swing Saturday as members of groups acting under the loose affiliation of the “Black Voter Collective” came out to cast their ballots. With a goal of rallying 5,000 voters in a single day, their mission was just as much about signaling the power Black voters have.
“It’s about reengaging people in their civic responsibility,” said Rev. Theron Jackson, a pastor at Morning Star Baptist Church in Shreveport and a driving force behind the non-partisan Black Voter Collective. “We need to build muscle memory around our responsibility to get out to vote.”…