Cleo Fields: “I intend to answer that call.”

After a great deal of prayer and reflection, I have decided not to seek reelection, to Congress, in the 6th District or any other district in Louisiana,

I want to make sure I am doing it right. All I have to do if I go back to my office right now and I wanted to register to vote is pick up the phone and dial 1-800-REGISTER?

It is like the unique bumper sticker that we have all seen in our travels, if you can read this, thank a teacher. You cannot put it any more pointedly than that. If you can read this, thank a teacher.

Denying access, repeatedly and without explanation, does not just inconvenience a handful of volunteers. It weakens the public’s ability to hold our institutions accountable and erodes confidence that justice is being administered fairly…