Washington, June 12 -- Representative Emilia Sykes issued the following press release:
U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) released the following statement after reports (https://www.ms.now/news/ohio-pro-democracy-organization-raided-by-fbi) that the FBI raided the Cleveland office of voting rights organization, the Ohio Organizing Collaborative.
"I am deeply concerned that the FBI has raided the Ohio Organizing Collaborative in Cleveland in an apparent effort to use federal law enforcement to intimidate community organizers and halt voter registration. Voter registration and lawful voting by American citizens is not fraud.
"This egregious federal overreach is another example of coordinated efforts to suppress voting rights and vote...