I was six years old when John Lewis and other civil rights marchers were brutally beaten by state troopers in Selma, Alabama in the struggle for voting rights. Just five months later — 55 years ago today — President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law.
That monumental legislation helped remove legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote. But in 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the law in a 5-4 decision, opening the door to the voter suppression tactics we see today across our country.
Please join me in demanding that Congress immediately pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of 2020 to restore critical voter protections. We can't allow the GOP to take away people's rights and steal this election by suppressing the vote.
Unending lines, defective voting machines, voter caging (challenging voter registrations), and even harassment have been used to disenfranchise voters in many parts of our country, overwhelmingly aimed at communities of color.
In 2018 hundreds of thousands of residents In Georgia were purged from the voting rolls or had their registrations put on hold — and a disproportionate number of them were Black or other people of color.
Without immediate Congressional action, we will see more of these outrageous tactics in November.
Click here to sign our petition and DEMAND Congress restore the Voting Rights Act right away!
Donald Trump wants to undermine our electoral process. We can't let him succeed. Together we must make sure ALL Americans are able to exercise their right to vote in this upcoming critical election and beyond.
Onward,
Chris
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