Hi, curious...you invited Connie?
From: Connie Ducaine <cducaine@xxxxxxxxx>
To: njamc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 9:32 PM
Subject: [njamc] Re: Reminder for Saturday's First Division Meeting; Fwd: Sign
the petition: Pass the Voting Rights Advancement Act
HI - I am working this Saturday from 8 - 2. Have a good meeting1
Connie Ducaine
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
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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. |
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| 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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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.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.2This 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.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.XCthNVThanks
for fighting to protect and expand voting rights, Heidi Hess, Senior Campaign
Manager
CREDO Action from Working Assets Add your name:
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References:
1. Ari Berman, "Congressional Democrats Introduce an Ambitious New Bill to
Restore the Voting Rights Act," The Nation, June 23, 2015.
2. Ari Berman, "50 Years After Bloody Sunday, Voting Rights Are Under Attack,"
The Nation, March 5, 2015. |
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