[Davis Democrats] Fwd: voluntary action op: join Hilary's call before ABA to demand Congress protect Voting Rights Act

[John Chendo]

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> From: John Chendo <jac07 at dcn.org>
> Date: August 19, 2013 6:00:56 AM PDT
> To: John Chendo <jac07 at dcn.org>
> Subject: Fwd: voluntary action op: join Hilary to demand Congress protect Voting Rights Act
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>> From: "Craig Smith, Ready for Hillary" <admin at readyforhillary.com>
>> Date: August 18, 2013 3:11:02 PM PDT
>> To: "John Chendo" <jac07 at dcn.org>
>> Subject: disenfranchisement
>> Reply-To: admin at readyforhillary.com
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>> Dear John,
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>> The Supreme Court recently struck down crucial provisions of the Voting Rights Act – opening the door to widespread voter disenfranchisement – and last week Hillary Clinton called for quick action to guarantee the right to vote for every citizen in this country.
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>> Speaking before the American Bar Association, Hillary declared, “Anyone who says that racial discrimination is no longer a problem in American elections must not be paying attention.”
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>> When it was first implemented, the Voting Rights Act was used to put a stop to poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and additional tactics that disenfranchised countless minority voters. Hillary noted, “The Department of Justice has used the law to block nearly 90 discriminatory changes to state and local election rules,” but “in the weeks since the ruling, we’ve seen an unseemly rush by previously covered jurisdictions to enact or enforce laws that will make it harder for millions of our fellow Americans to vote.”
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>> We cannot allow this blatant voter suppression to continue. As Hillary said, “Congress should move quickly to pass legislation to replace those portions of the act that the court struck down.”
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>> Join Hillary in demanding that Congress take action to protect the right to vote.
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>> Last week, Hillary called for grassroots mobilization on this critical issue. She said, “Enforcing the Voting Rights Act has always depended on activists and advocates working at the grassroots level.”
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>> This isn’t a Democratic or a Republican issue. Presidents of both parties have supported the Voting Rights Act. We need to ensure its protections live on.
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>> Will you stand with Hillary and demand that Congress act to stop voter suppression?
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>> Thanks,
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>> Craig Smith
>> Senior Advisor
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