Saturday’s No Kings event in Fort Wayne will look a bit different this time around.
And it might be a bit smaller.
Organizer Jim Carpenter says that is okay, because it’s not a protest.
“This one is different, and that is explicitly not a protest.... Now is the time to shift focus to a different tactic. And that tactic is promoting voting,” he said.
Taking a cue from the national organization, the Northeast Indiana event will encourage voter participation, particularly early voting.
Carpenter says that without voter participation, democracy will die.
Saturday’s rally begins at 1 p.m. on the Allen County Courthouse Green.
A “Chalk the Vote” pre-event will begin at 11:30 a.m. on the sidewalks around the space.
