Jack, we must stop the disenfranchisement of District of Columbia residents and finally give them voting representation in Congress.
Sign the petition: Statehood for D.C. now!
SIGN THE PETITION
D.C. residents bear all the responsibilities of full U.S. citizenship – they serve on juries, in the U.S. military, and work hard to build safe, strong communities. And yet, the 700,000+ people who call D.C. home have no voting representation in Congress, despite Congress being able to exert undue power over those residents.
Until D.C. is granted statehood, Congress will continue to treat them as second class citizens by denying them representation.
Sign the petition: Congress must stop denying representation to hundreds of thousands of American citizens. The time for D.C. statehood is NOW!
SIGN THE PETITION
Thanks for all you do,
Erin Tulley, Daily Kos
P.S. Below is an email we sent out earlier urging Congress grant D.C. statehood:
Jack, sign the petition: Statehood for D.C. now!
SIGN THE PETITION
Taxation without representation was wrong in 1776 and it is wrong today. The people of D.C. pay the highest federal taxes per capita but have no voting representation in Congress. Statehood would bring an end to this injustice.
Those residents—who are mostly people of color and members of frontline communities—are denied the most basic tenet that founded our country: Representation. This is a fundamental civil rights issue.
Sign the petition: Statehood for D.C. now!
SIGN THE PETITION
Sen. Tom Carper reintroduced legislation to make Washington, D.C. the 51st state. The bill would give Washington D.C. citizens full representation in Congress—the bill MUST pass.
Make no mistake, this is voter suppression—equality at the ballot box cannot be guaranteed until Congress grants the residents of D.C. the statehood they deserve to be a part of the democratic process. It’s past time this great injustice be righted.
Sign the petition: Congress must stop denying representation to hundreds of thousands of American citizens. The time for D.C. statehood is NOW!
SIGN THE PETITION
Thanks for all you do,
Erin Tulley, Daily Kos
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