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John,

Two weeks ago, we celebrated the 55th anniversary of the
Voting Rights Act, which was signed into law five months after
“Bloody Sunday,” the famous march from Selma to Montgomery,
Alabama in which civil rights heroes risked their lives in order
to secure their right to vote.

In 2013, the Supreme Court issued a decision that
threatens to reverse the gains secured through the physical
sacrifice of patriots like John Lewis on the Edmund Pettus Bridge
that Sunday in March 1965. The 5-4 decision, titled Shelby County
v. Holder and authored by the Court’s Federalist Society-endorsed
conservative majority, opened the floodgates for states to pass a
series of laws that make it harder for minority communities to
vote, including cuts to early voting, draconian voter ID laws,
ending Sunday voting, mass purging of voter rolls and the
elimination of same-day registration to name a few.

To fight back against this attempt to reverse the
progress of the Civil Rights Movement, House Democrats passed
H.R. 4, newly renamed to the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement
Act -- in order to honor his legacy and remind us of our
responsibility to protect it.

The great John Lewis, my dear friend, marched and shed
blood so that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 could become law. He
dedicated his entire life to ensuring that the rights guaranteed
by the Constitution could be equally exercised by ALL Americans
-- regardless of race. We refuse to go back to the times where
minorities were treated like second-class citizens.. We must
fight to preserve John Lewis’ legacy; it’s up to each of us to
ensure that his work was not in vain.

I’ve started a petition to demand the Senate pass the
John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act -- please sign here if
you think the right to vote is as sacred and important as I do!
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SIGN THE PETITION
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It’s crucial that we keep the pressure on to protect the
Voting Rights Act. We must demand that the Senate pass the John
Lewis Voting Rights Act! As November approaches, we see the ways
that Republican legislators across the country will attempt to
suppress the vote. This is not what John Lewis spilled his blood
for -- and we must carry the torch and continue the fight.

I hope you will join me and sign my petition.
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support now more than ever. The right to vote is precious, and it
must not be taken for granted.

Thank you,

Hank

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Congressman Hank Johnson is a former defense
attorney, DeKalb County commissioner, small business owner, and
magistrate judge who now serves in Congress as a champion for the
middle class.

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