Our voting rights are under attack by the most aggressive effort our nation has seen in over a century. This year, two-thirds of state legislatures have introduced laws that undermine people’s right to vote. Early voting and Sunday voting are under attack. Photo ID requirements will introduce the first financial and document barriers to voting since the poll tax. Racially-motivated bans on ex-felons will wipe tens of thousands of people off the rolls.
This effort is unprecedented, calculated, coordinated, and targeted. African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, students, working women, seniors and immigrants of all colors will be disproportionately negatively impacted.
The right to vote is the heart of our democracy. Throughout our history Americans have been murdered for defending this basic human right.This is what Civil Rights is about. We will not let it be taken away from millions today.
Join us on Saturday, December 10th—The United Nations’ Human Rights Day—to proclaim to America and the world: “It’s time to Stand for Freedom. We must protect our right to vote.”
Agenda:
11 am: March from the NYC office of the Koch brothers who are major funders of anti-voting rights measures, at 61st St. & Madison Ave, NYC.
12 noon: Rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, United Nations East 47th Street & 2nd Avenue, NYC
Stand up for yourself! Show the Koch brothers and anyone else backing voter suppression laws that money isn’t everything and has it limitations!
Sign the Stand for Freedom Pledge today.
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