Michelle and Barack Obama vote early in US midterm elections; encourage participation

Former United States President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama voted early in the midterm elections and have urged the American public to go to the polls, saying that every vote counts.

“Michelle and I have voted early this morning. Now it’s your turn. Check your voter registration or update it,” the former US president wrote in a message posted on the social network Twitter.

Obama He called for voting in the next elections to be held on November 8 and in which a large part of the composition of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the United States will be elected.

While, MichelleObama He also urged Americans to turn out to vote in the upcoming elections: “Today I voted early in the 2022 midterm elections! I want to see you turn out to vote with your voting squad,” he said on his Twitter account.

The legislative elections on November 8 are of noteworthy relevance in the United States, because they could determine a new majority in the US Senate and Congress that makes it easier or more difficult for the Biden administration to carry out its laws.

Specifically, the President of the United States, Joe Bidenhas promised that if he obtains a majority in both chambers, he will enact a law that determines the right to abortion at the federal level, after the country’s Supreme Court repealed on June 24 the legal precedent that allowed the interruption of pregnancy since 1973.

“If you give me two more Democratic senators in the Senate, I promise you we’re going to make abortion rights law. We’ll make the Roe v. Wade doctrine law across the country. And we’ll go back to protecting a woman’s right to choose,” the American leader said during a Democratic national committee meeting in Washington.

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