Russ Feingold "victory happened despite numerous barriers to participation in Tuesdays election"

[jodymarie aimee]

Here in Wisconsin we know very well how the Rs lie cheat and steal....that is why our state is in the mess we are in....this is from our magnificent Russ Feingold. DEMS have to fix this stuff.

Everyone who did their part to help Doug Jones defeat Roy Moore should feel justifiably proud of what they helped achieve last night. It was an incredible victory.

But this victory happened despite numerous barriers to participation in Tuesday’s election:

Alabama recently passed one of the nation’s most restrictive voter ID laws -- and then closed DMVs in heavily African-American areas of the state. An estimated 118,000 voters lack ID they can use to vote, and black and Latino voters are twice as likely to lack an acceptable ID.
On election day, there were reports of Alabama police checking voters for outstanding warrants at polling places, which can intimidate citizens out of voting.
After Alabama lawmakers reinstated the ability of many former felons to vote this spring, the secretary of state refused to undertake normal public education to help newly eligible voters understand their rights.

This victory showed success is still possible in today’s America when enough people show up. But that might not be the case for much longer unless we lock in our rights. That’s why we need to keep building support for a 21st Century Voting Rights Act that can modernize standards for fair voting nationwide.

Thousands of Legit members have already added their names in support of the 21st Century Voting Rights Act. Add your name today.

A modern Voting Rights Act must include certain provisions, supplemented by state voting rights legislation if necessary, in order to truly restore legitimacy to our elections:

Establish an independent Office of Voting Rights, solely to review and approve any proposed changes to voting rights regulations in the country.
Establish a national standard for ID requirements that states cannot exceed.
Mandate same-day voter registration.
Mandate a minimum length of time for early voting.
Ban any change to voting laws within 90 days of an election.
Publicize any changes to voting regulations or procedures for a minimum length of time in multiple languages.
End felony disenfranchisement, which keeps one in 14 Black citizens nationwide from voting but only restrict one in 56 non-Black citizens.
End partisan gerrymandering so that the voters can choose their officials instead of officials choosing their voters.

Voting is the most important democratic right. Alabama showed last night that we can still make change when we organize and work together. But without securing our rights, how long will that hold true?

Help build momentum for this important new law. Join thousands of your fellow Legit members by signing the petition to support the 21st Century Voting Rights Act today.

This could be our generation’s civil rights moment, our 1965, and we must rise to meet it. We need a 21st Century Voting Rights Act. The onus is on us to demand one, and on Congress to pass it.

Thank you for standing up for democratic legitimacy today,

Russ Feingold
LegitAction

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Here is the kicker.

When watching the vote tallies and commentary from the Chattering Class Idiot last night,never once mentioning these issues . Liberal info sights were talking about the Thousands of Brown Skinned People and Poor Whites were being turned away.

Corporate Media just wants some stupid Horse Race.