Stop Corporate Funded Voter Suppression

For years, the right wing has been trying to stop Black people, other people of color, young people, and the elderly from voting

Hey, these are the same people that gloat about how terribly patriotic they are, how they love DEMOCRACY and the CONSTITUTION. But one thing becomes clearer and clearer as they go about enacting laws, redistricting to benefit GOP pluralities and instituting all these illegal, unconstitutional laws that require identification because there is a cost involved and that is the same as a POLL TAX. But never mind all that, how about people who have been voting for years with their adequate identification and now they are told they can’t participate in the democratic process?

I suppose it is all acceptable because the tactics justify the desired results and as long as they wear a lapel pin with the flag and cover their cars’ bumpers with right wing stickers it is all forgiven. Of course, it helps if you go to church on Sundays, or Saturdays or whatever other day that flavor religion tells you to go, as long as you proclaim that you are a CHRISTIAN it makes no difference if you deprive other people their rights, allow the wealthy to exploit the middle class and the poor and that doesn’t even ring an alarm bell as being something Jesus would have been against.

Presently some of America’s biggest companies are helping them do it. These companies have helped pass discriminatory voter ID legislation by funding a right wing policy group called the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

ALEC’s voter ID laws are undemocratic, unjust and part of a longstanding right wing agenda to weaken the Black vote. Major companies that rely on business from Black folks shouldn’t be involved in suppressing our vote. Please join us in demanding that these companies stop funding ALEC.

http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/alec

Here's the letter we'll send to the leadership of corporations that support ALEC, on your behalf. You can add a personal comment using the box to the right.

Dear President/CEO and Board,

I want to alert you to the fact that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) – which your company funds – is pushing discriminatory voter ID legislation that suppresses the votes of blacks, the elderly, youth and other minorities. Bills based on ALEC’s model legislation have been introduced in 34 states, and have already passed in seven states.

Although proponents of voter ID laws claim the goal is to reduce voter fraud, there is no evidence that such fraud occurs with any regularity in this country. What is clear is that these voter ID laws unreasonably increase barriers to voting access for large numbers of people and could disenfranchise up to 5 million people across the nation. These laws are part of a long history of racist and discriminatory restrictions on voting designed to disenfranchise African Americans and other underrepresented groups.

I presume your company does not want to support voter suppression, nor have your products or services associated with discrimination and large-scale voter disenfranchisement. I urge you to immediately stop funding ALEC and issue a public statement making it clear that your company does not support discriminatory voter ID laws and voter suppression.

Sincerely,

http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/alec