Progressive Democrat Issue 44: VIRGINIA FOCUS

I am continuing this from last week since THIS is how we build our coalition.

Elections are won thanks to LOCAL volunteers getting out LOCAL voters for LOCAL candidates. This November’s election is in your hands right now. Get in contact with the Local Virginia Leader in your area and ask what you can do to win in 2005. Even a few hours a week can make the difference and it is the ONLY way we can beat the big money that drive Republican campaigns.


I also want to highlight this from the Virginia Grassroots Coalition:

Voting rights. After 40 years, parts the Voting Rights Act are due to expire. The assault on voting right has not lessened in the least. As is the case with so many tools of discrimination, the practitioners have become more skilled and subtle. Our parents were there to see the Voting Rights Act got enacted. It’s now our turn to assure Americans that barriers to voting are removed for all citizens permanently. It’s the responsibility of each and every one of us to make a difference. It’s the aggregate efforts of individuals that make up the character of a country. Our voices have been too quiet for too long. America’s standing as a voice of freedom in the world has suffered for it.
http://www.movingideas.org/minblog/archives/05/08/index.html#007282
http://www.sentencingproject.org/rights-restoration.cfm
http://www.advancementproject.org/
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001650.htm
http://www.thinksouth.org/
http://news.pacificnews.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=f66659c28f2f6f4d2d35e6f451692795