Dear AFGE Activist,
Since January, elected state representatives in 48 states have introduced 389 bills that amount to shameful, outright voter suppression, and many have already become law. With the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act in the House of Representatives this week, we must now focus on the Senate. Call your Senators urging them to “Support the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act in the Senate” by calling (866) 730-9344.
These laws suppress voting methods that enrich our democracy and lead to high turnout: banning ballot drop boxes and mail-in voting, reducing early voting days and hours, restricting who can get a mail-in ballot, prohibiting officials from promoting the use of of mail-in ballots even when voters qualify, even criminalizing the distribution of water to voters waiting in the long lines these laws create.
This Saturday, August 28, 2021 March on For Voting Rights comes to Washington, D.C.
Please join us for this important event! To RSVP email AFGE District 14 LPO Herb Smith at [email protected] to meet and March together in solidarity with the Metro DC labor affiliates.
March Route Details:
8:00 am: Gathering at McPherson Square Park at 15th St., NW, and H Street
9:45 am: March kicks off from McPherson Square past Black Lives Matter Plaza, passing the White House and Washington Monument.
11:30 am- 3:00 pm: Closing Rally with the backdrop of the National Mall, entering at 12th St. and Madison Drive, gathering from 7th St. to 14th St. between Jefferson Dr. and Madison Drive.
If you plan to attend please be sure to wear your AFGE blue and gold! We'd love to see your march photos on social media. Tag them using #VotingRightsMarch and #AFGEMarchesOn.
To learn more about actions you can take this week leading up to the march visit marchonforvotingrights.org.
In Solidarity,
AFGE
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