Posted on 07/11/2006 5:50:09 AM PDT by PissAndVinegar
Dear Friend,
A small group of Southern lawmakers have derailed a House vote to renew expiring provisions of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), the landmark law that has protected the right to vote for millions of Americans.
They want to gut the act and make it easier to discriminate against minority voters. Not surprisingly, these lawmakers represent states with the worst records of continued voting discrimination.
We can’t let a small group of lawmakers destroy 40 years of progress! Email your representative and tell him or her to renew the VRA now. Go to http://action.aclu.org/vra
The Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 (H.R. 9) would renew the expiring provisions of the VRA. It is precisely because of the provisions that prevent voter discrimination that progress has been made in securing voting rights for all citizens.
The ACLU is running an ad this week in Roll Call, a Washington D.C. newspaper that is widely read by members of Congress. The ad urges lawmakers to renew the VRA. Our ad can only be strengthened when members of Congress hear from their constituents.
Please contact your representative right now and tell him or her to support H.R. 9 and oppose any changes that would weaken the VRA. Congress must not allow a small group of lawmakers to return us to the days of Jim Crow.
Sincerely,
Caroline Fredrickson Director, Washington Legislative Office American Civil Liberties Union
On the radio for the past several days there's been ad's just short of calling Randy Kuhl a racist. They basically cover all the points in the email above then say something like "Call Randy Kuhl @ ... and tell him not to return to our racist past".
Just crap.
As a tax exempt organization, I didn't think they were allowed to take political sides like that. I bet someone starting an investigation right now! /sarc
Urban Legend, as per
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/pending/voting.htm
If the voting rights act is so wonderful, let's make it the law in all 50 states. Reuire every state to get a judge's approval before making changes to the voting law, such as requiring voter id, and watch it get struck down like in Georgia. Make it the law for every state and see if it passes muster then.
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