Quotes from Nina Turner

A community belongs to those who take ownership of it.

Democracy is stronger, is better, is more robust when people participate. We should want to encourage that.

Our Revolution has been the keeper of the flame doing the vital work of building a grassroots movement that leverages the people's agenda.

It is the duty of governments to create a pro-voter environment that encourages participation, but it is also the responsibility of citizens to make their voices heard.

The overflow of big money in politics drowns out the voices of everyday people. That is part of the conundrum in this country: The more money you have the more speech you have. That leaves everyday people out of the equation.

If you care about potholes, you have to vote. If you care about pre-k education, you have to vote. If you care about women's health care, you have to vote.

It is a travesty for anyone who is elected to office, who serves in an elective office, to engage in voter suppression.

Voter fraud is almost non-existent. People don't just show up on election day, trying to impersonate other people.

Strong communities start at the ballot box - where every eligible Ohioan has the opportunity to make their voice heard.

You never get to too big to phone bank, that's my opinion.

If there is a Republican or a Libertarian or Green Party person that believes in Medicare for all, then that's our kind of person.

The right to vote is an important guarantee by itself, but it is what those votes add up to that matters even more. These votes shape the government under which we live.

Early voting is a vital component of the electoral landscape in Ohio.

A government reflects the views of those who select it, and if people are unable to cast their ballot because the voting hours aren't convenient for them or because other hurdles have been raised too high we get a less representative government as a result.

Whether it is access to voting rights, representation in government, or the outsized influence of money in our political system, the opportunity to interact with and participate in democracy is available to some, but blocked for many.

Making it harder for the most vulnerable voters to participate in the political process inevitably leads to policies and policymakers that do not represent the interests of all people.

My mother raised me herself, along with my six younger siblings, in Cleveland, and life wasn't easy even in the best of times. At age 42, she died, and it fell on me, then aged 22 and working minimum wage, to take care of all of us. At the time, I was newly married with a baby son. And I was deeply afraid for our future.

If a mother or a caregiver does not have a job that pays a living wage and they cannot afford child care, that is unacceptable. I've talked to my constituents over the years, and child care can almost bankrupt a family, even a two-parent household in which both parents are working.

I'm interested in running for an office that would allow me the opportunity to work harder and do a better job for the citizens of this state, and I will not rule out any office that gives me that ability.

I am on a mission to help make this world a better place.

Everybody in the working class is important, whether you're black or white and that's what I want them to feel and know from Our Revolution.

I think it is wrong to balance the budget on the backs of local government.

I don't want our white working class sisters and brothers to feel as though their pain is not important because it is. But at the same time, I want my white sisters and brothers to understand that when we talk about income and wealth inequality, that disproportionately African Americans suffer a little more.

Same way we have enough money to bail out Wall Street, we need to put a down payment on Main Street.