Hi Maricarmen,
Please remove my address from the NJMAC email list. Thanks. I appreciate
it. Linda
On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 10:17 AM, Maricarmen Rodriguez <mari16@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
Hello, brothers & sisters:
First, hope that you all enjoyed all the snow we got this weekend.
Second, I would like to remind you of our first division meeting to be held
at Sherrita's home on Saturday 1/30/2016 from 11 am to 1 pm. Because I am
bringing food, let me know by this evening in case you have not replied the
rvsp sent earlier.
Third, I am forwarding an invaluable initiative in support of protecting
voting rights for all. Consider supporting it and sharing it with
friends/colleagues. In the meantime, have a peaceful day!
Maria del Carmen Rodriguez
-----Forwarded Message-----
From: "Heidi Hess, CREDO Action"
Sent: Jan 27, 2016 9:14 AM
To: "Dr. DrMaria d. C. Rodriguez"
Subject: Sign the petition: Pass the Voting Rights Advancement Act
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*It’s time to fix the Voting Rights Act.
<http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Congress_VRA?t=1&akid=16618.3465330.XCthNV>*
*The petition to Congress reads:*
*“Because of a disastrous Supreme Court ruling, the Voting Rights Act is
weaker now than when it was passed 50 years ago. Fight to pass the Voting
Rights Advancement Act, which would restore the Voting Rights Act and block
new efforts to suppress African-American and Latino votes.”*
Add your name:
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<http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Congress_VRA?t=2&akid=16618.3465330.XCthNV>
Dear DrMaria,
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<http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Congress_VRA?t=3&akid=16618.3465330.XCthNV>
In 2013, the right-wing ideologues on the Supreme Court handed down a
shameful decision that gutted the Voting Rights Act, ending decades of
protection for minorities against discriminatory and unfair attempts to
limit voting on the basis of race.
*Congress should have acted immediately to fix the damage inflicted by the
Court – but more than two years later it hasn’t done a thing.* Now, more
than 50 years after civil rights activists put their lives on the line for
the right to vote, state legislatures across the country are still passing
laws to disenfranchise American voters.
Fortunately, progressive champions in Congress are promoting legislation
that will restore the Voting Rights Act. The Voting Rights Advancement Act
would stop Republicans, in states around the country, from enacting racist
voter ID and voter suppression laws.1 *With key federal, state and local
elections taking place this November, we need to speak out now, demanding
Congress crack down on racial discrimination in voting.*
*Tell Congress: Stop voter suppression and pass the Voting Rights
Advancement Act. Click here to sign the petition.*
<http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Congress_VRA?t=4&akid=16618.3465330.XCthNV>
The Supreme Court threw out the Voting Rights Act’s basic formula that had
been used to determine where the Justice Department must provide
pre-approval of local election rules that could suppress the votes of
African-American and Latino citizens. Voter suppression rules can still be
challenged by the Department of Justice after the fact, but “after the
fact” often means minority voters have already been blocked from the polls.
*The
court's decision effectively guts the Voting Rights Act, rendering it
nearly useless unless Congress updates the coverage formula for Section 5.*
Republicans wasted no time taking advantage of this ruling for electoral
gain. Within hours of the Supreme Court’s decision, several states in the
South immediately announced that they would pursue onerous new voter ID
laws that were clearly designed to make it harder for African-Americans and
Latinos to vote. *All told, 395 voting restrictions have been passed at
the state and local levels in the past five years alone.2*
This year, over 100 progressive, civil rights, and social justice
organizations have joined together to form a coalition that will push for
fundamental reforms in voting rights and campaign finance as part of a
year-long campaign called Democracy Awakening. We're supporting the efforts
of these groups, which include the NAACP, Public Citizen, MoveOn.org, and
the National Organization for Women, by putting Congress on notice right
now that fixing our democracy will be a top priority for 2016.
*Tell Congress: Stop voter suppression and pass the Voting Rights
Advancement Act. Click here to sign the petition.*
<http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Congress_VRA?t=5&akid=16618.3465330.XCthNV>
*The Voting Rights Advancement Act would establish the strongest voting
rights laws ever passed by Congress.* It would require states with a
history of recent voting discrimination to clear changes to voting laws
with the Department of Justice, require any new state voter ID laws to be
reviewed and approved by the federal government, and block new efforts to
suppress African-American and Latino votes. Crucially, the bill would also
give the U.S. attorney general the authority to send federal election
observers to monitor elections in which there’s a risk of voting
discrimination.
*If Congress doesn’t act, the 2016 election will be the first presidential
election in 50 years in which voters don’t have the full protections of the
Voting Rights Act.* We need to pressure Congress to act now to stop
racial discrimination in voting.
*Tell Congress: Stop voter suppression and pass the Voting Rights
Advancement Act. Click the link below to sign the petition:*
*http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Congress_VRA?t=7&akid=16618.3465330.XCthNV*
<http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Congress_VRA?t=6&akid=16618.3465330.XCthNV>
Thanks for fighting to protect and expand voting rights,
Heidi Hess, Senior Campaign Manager
CREDO Action from Working Assets
<http://act.credoaction.com/go/109?t=8&akid=16618.3465330.XCthNV>
Add your name:
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<http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Congress_VRA?t=9&akid=16618.3465330.XCthNV>
*References:*
1. Ari Berman, "Congressional Democrats Introduce an Ambitious New Bill
to Restore the Voting Rights Act,"
<http://act.credoaction.com/go/9303?t=10&akid=16618.3465330.XCthNV> The
Nation, June 23, 2015.
2. Ari Berman, "50 Years After Bloody Sunday, Voting Rights Are Under
Attack,"
<http://act.credoaction.com/go/9304?t=11&akid=16618.3465330.XCthNV> The
Nation, March 5, 2015.
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