Jackson to push voter registration, efforts to help poor

The Rev. Jesse Jackson views Nevada as a swing state and hopes to influence electoral politics here with his Rainbow/Push Coalition.

The longtime civil rights activist and former presidential candidate spent Tuesday in Las Vegas drumming up support for planned local efforts and raising money for students at historically black New Orleans-area colleges who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

"As the state grows, our organization's interest grows," Jackson said of Nevada in a meeting with the editorial board of the Sun. Jackson met with local ministers Tuesday morning and said he planned to work with local labor leaders to fight for minorities and the poor.

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"Democrats can't just be Republicans Lite," Jackson said. "They must in fact be an alternative."

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but I thought you were referring to Michael Jackson.