Calling All Voters! Act Now to Retain your Right to Vote!
In recent times GOP Governers in several key 'swing states' have launched an aggressive attack on voter rights pushing for bills that would disinfranchise a large portion of these states' voters. The GOP has been heard to say that it is pusing for a 'Permanent Republican Majority' and it now appears that they'll do anything to get it. Voter disinfranchisement is nothing new-Jerrymandering is an old tactic used to cook voting districts that dates to the last century and there are many other forms of it as well. And it is NEVER to be tolerated, anyway, any form. It was voter disinfranchisement coupled with ballot fraud that allowed George W. Bush to usurp the White House despite having lost both the popular and electoral vote.
Voting is the only weapon that many of us have against the massive, far reaching machine designed to protect the rich and powerful status quo. Admittedly it is a stiletto pitted against a broadsword, but the alternative is no power at all.
Here is an article detailing the disinfranchisement machine the GOP has put in place including the assumed reason behind it.
http://jonathanturley.org/2011/07/31/the-gop-and-voter-disenfranchisement/
Once you have read the article I hope that you feel sufficiently offended to take action. Now here's the good news: It's relatively simple to do something about this on a grass roots level. Simply look up 'voter disinfranchisement' to find a number of petitions available on the web. The Democratic Governer's Association has one, as does the ACLU. I have posted a courtesy link to the ACLU's petition below.
https://secure.aclu.org/site/SPageNavigator/SEM_voting_rights?&s_subsrc=SEM_Google_Search-Voting%20Rights_Discrimination_voter%20disenfranchisement_b_8421896422
Please help me and other concerned voters take action now.
