Columbus Dispatch: Crowd gathers for vigil outside Ohio Statehouse to mark anniversary of Jan. 6 attack

Standing in the blustery cold, they held aloft flameless candles and sang “this little light of mine” in unison — in one verse even replacing the word “light” with “vote.”

The crowd of about 50 people gathered Thursday night outside the Ohio Statehouse to advocate for voting rights and extol the virtues of democracy on the one-year anniversary of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in which both were threatened.

A year earlier and more than 300 miles away, a mob of outgoing President Donald Trump’s supporters who believed false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election had invaded the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in an attempt to stop lawmakers from certifying the results of the election that Democrat Joe Biden won. The deadly attack and its devastating aftermath sent a ripple effect across a polarized nation that can still be felt today. …

“We’re all cold and yet we’re here because we believe in the power and promise of democracy,” Catherine Turcer, executive director of good government nonprofit Common Cause Ohio, told the crowd.