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US voting rights campaigner, Stacey Abrams, who helped Joe Biden become US president, nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
US voting rights activist and Democratic Party politician Stacey Abrams has been nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for her work to promote non-violent change via the ballot box.
Key points:
- Stacey Abrams has been nominated alongside Donald Trump and Jared Kushner
- Thousands are eligible to propose candidates but a nomination does not imply endorsement from the Nobel committee in Oslo
- The 2021 laureate will be announced in October
Ms Abrams, whose work was credited with boosting voter turnout last year, helping Joe Biden win the US presidency, joins a long list of nominees, including both former President Donald Trump and his son-in-law, former White House adviser Jared Kushner.
“Abrams’s work follows in Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s…
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