The Voting Rights Act Matters – Get Involved!

by   |  July 01, 2006

The threat to voting rights is real. Across the country, right-minded groups and individuals are waking up to the real danger we are in. Here’s what and e-mail today from Caroline Frederickson, Director of the Washington Legislative Office of the ACLU, has to say:

A small group of Southern lawmakers have derailed a House vote to renew expiring provisions of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), the landmark law that has protected the right to vote for millions of Americans. They want to gut the act and make it easier to discriminate against minority voters. Not surprisingly, these lawmakers represent states with the worst records of continued voting discrimination.

Despite strong bipartisan support for the bill, a small group of extremists are threatening to stop it from being renewed. If you haven’t called your representative about supporting the bill, do so now! Minorities and working families are those most discriminated against when it comes to voting rights. AFSCME members around the country should stand together to make sure the future of voting is secured for all – it’s an American right!