Racial disparities have grown since the 1965 Voting Rights Act was gutted.

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According to a recent article published by NPR, racial disparities have grown since the 1965 Voting Rights Act was gutted.

Why is this? Section 5 required that states with a history of voting discrimination obtain federal approval before they make any changes to their voting laws or procedures. This is critical because, as Kareem Crayton, the center's senior director for voting rights and representation, states, “What we found was that these jurisdictions fell back into their pattern of adopting laws and policies that made voting difficult for people of color.”

Now, states are changing their voting laws on a whim – including here in PA. State Senator Chris Dush, Chair of the State Government Committee, has made his intention to make it more difficult to vote in PA clear by sending a legislative memo to his colleagues that he wants to add “mental competency” as a prerequisite for voter registration.

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Team NPP

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This is urgent: Late last week, a PA Republican Senator filed a Co-Sponsorship Memoranda in the Senate, stating his intention to add “mental competency” as a prerequisite for voter registration.

According to Stateline, tens of thousands of Americans with disabilities are stripped of their freedom to vote every year. Often, the decision to take away a person's civic rights is made without clear legal definition or standards, meaning that judges are left to decide if a person can or cannot vote.

Michelle Bishop, an advocacy specialist at the National Disability Rights Network, said it best: “Having a disability does not mean you are not competent to vote.”

This is another scare tactic to strip away voting rights, reminiscent of the Jim Crow era literacy tests designed to silence Black, Indigenous, and other people of color. We are NOT going to stand for it. Will you help us defend voting rights for ALL Pennsylvanians by rushing $25 or more immediately? ([link removed])

In solidarity,

Team NPP

The New Pennsylvania Project (NPP) is a voting rights organization with a year-round primary focus on voter registration, civic education, and mobilization. NPP centers historically disenfranchised and often neglected Black, Indigenous and other people of color, immigrant communities and the youth in our work. Through civic engagement, we ensure all eligible voters feel compelled to exercise their freedom to vote in the Commonwealth.

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