'We should be outraged': Alabama congresswoman tackles voter suppression

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Source: The Guardian

The Democratic party this week launches a major push to repair America’s broken electoral system and counter a wave of voter suppression that has swept the country, depriving hundreds of thousands of citizens of the right to vote.

Terri Sewell, an Alabama congresswoman from the civil rights crucible of Selma, is sponsoring the Voting Rights Advancement Act that will be introduced to the House of Representatives on Tuesday. She told the Guardian it was time to restore and advance American democracy: “We don’t want just to shatter the glass ceiling, we want to break down the door.”

She added: “We should be making it easier for people to vote. We should be strong enough as a nation that everybody can have a voice.”

Sewell’s bill, known as HR4, is being treated as a priority by the Democratic leadership that has regained control of the House. The party sees restoring and modernizing the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the signature reform of the civil rights era, as a crucial first step towards defending black and other minority voters from widespread Republican attempts to block access to the ballot box.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/24/we-should-be-outraged-alabama-congresswoman-tackles-voter-suppression

[safeinOhio]

1. No Taxation without Representation.

If you are not allowed to vote. You don't have to pay local and state taxes for the next 4 years.

See how fast voting laws and local rules change to make it easier to vote.

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2. Good.

I hope this legislation can become law!