Friend,
Elisabeth told you about the Republican-backed voter suppression bills that are spreading across the country. Thank you so much for taking action and helping fight back.
Our voices are being heard. A Wisconsin judge just blocked that state's terrible new suppression law from taking effect.
And the US Department of Justice halted controversial new voting restrictions in South Carolina and Texas, concluding that minority voters would be disenfranchised at disproportionately high rates.
Voter suppression laws aren't just unfair – they're often illegal, yet more and more of these laws are cropping up every day. Will you help us spread the word about fighting voter suppression?
- Share this message with five of your friends and ask them to click here to add their name.
- Post the petition on Facebook.
- Tweet about it.
Unfortunately, these recent minor victories in Wisconsin, South Carolina, and Texas are not enough to stop this wave from overwhelming us. Since Republicans swept into power in 2010, eight states have made existing voter ID laws dramatically stricter or enacted new laws that make it harder to vote.
Consider this: when Democratic governors in New Hampshire, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana and North Carolina got a Republican voter suppression bill on their desk, they pulled out the veto pen. Four of out of those five states are having elections this year, and Republicans are willing to do anything to win those states so they can ram these laws through.
Powerful right-wing groups are waging a coordinated campaign to get Republican-controlled legislatures to place new burdens on the elderly, students, low-income and minority citizens.
Sitting back and relying on the legal system to protect voters is not a winning strategy when we're up against radical right wingers. The best way to stop voter suppression is to elect Democratic governors who will veto these bills and stop them from becoming law in the first place.
Thank you again for standing with us on this important issue.
Sincerely,
Mark Giangreco
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From: Elisabeth Pearson
Date: Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:57 AM
Subject: resistance
To: Mark Giangreco
Mark,
Republican-backed voter suppression bills are sweeping across the country, and the results aren't pretty.
We've already seen these new laws deny basic voting rights to an 86 year-old Ohio war veteran, a class of Florida high school students, and a former Tennessee Congressman – who was turned away at the polls on Super Tuesday.
Forecasts predict that voter suppression laws could deny five million traditionally Democratic voters the right to vote – allowing Republicans to steal elections up and down the ballot.
Now, Republican governors in the key swing states of Virginia and Pennsylvania are poised to sign new voting restrictions into law.
It's a blatant assault on our democracy, but Republicans know that preventing Democrats from voting is a sure-fire ticket to defeating President Obama and other Democratic candidates this November. We must fight back against voter suppression now, before it's too late.
It's an uphill battle with Republicans holding 29 governorships and a majority of state legislatures, but we've already seen some victories for our side.
Last week, a Wisconsin judge blocked Governor Scott Walker's voter suppression law, a nod to the plaintiff's claim that the law does "irreparable harm." Thousands of civil rights leaders retraced the march from Selma to Montgomery, protesting what NAACP President Ben Jealous calls "the greatest attack on voting rights since segregation." And a former U.S. Marine in Tennessee refused to present his photo ID before voting in protest of his state's restrictions.
These are powerful symbols of resistance but we cannot stop now, while the Republicans are threatening to sign more of these laws in key swing states.
Join the movement to stop the Republican assault on voting rights by adding your name right now.
We will win this fight – with your help.
Sincerely,
Elisabeth Pearson
Director of Campaigns
Democratic Governors Association
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