To gain California support to protect voting rights through Congressional legislation. I have not been effected.

The Voting Rights Act is one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation Congress has ever passed. Last year's Supreme Court decision weakened critical provisions of it. Right now, Congress can restore those protections by passing this important bill. Rep. Smith should support this effort by cosponsoring and fighting for a strong bill.

The gay choir director at an Indiana church can't get his job back because the new pastor 'doesn't want to work with someone like [that]' -- so the congregation is voting with their feet. The newly appointed pastor of Alexandria United Methodist Church won't allow Adam Fraley, a beloved former choir director who served for six years, to return. What's more, when the church's elected lay leader stood up for Fraley, the pastor removed him from his leadership position. Local Methodist officials admit that there's nothing in church rules preventing a church from having gay staff members, but so far they haven't intervened, even as lifelong members of this small-town congregation have left in disgust and the story has made national news. Let's show the Indiana Methodist bishop that people across the country are standing with the pro-equality congregants who 'want their church back.'

The Voting Rights Act is one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation Congress has ever passed. Last year's Supreme Court decision weakened critical provisions of it. Right now, Congress can AND MUST restore those protections.

If we diminish the rights of any one person to vote we diminish the fabric of our constitution. Many people put their lives on the line to give everyone the right to vote and that right should continue to be protected. Rep. Denham should support this effort by consponsoring and fighting for the right of all people in this country to be able to exercise this right.

Politicians have used the Supreme Court decision to restrict voting for people who might not vote for them. We want as many people voting as possible, without any obstacles.

Last year, the Supreme Court gutted the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. Since then, Republicans across the country have raced to implement new restrictive laws that would do exactly what the Voting Rights Act was meant to protect. Late last week, Representatives Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and John Conyers (D-MI) and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced new legislation—the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014—that would strengthen the Voting Rights Act. This bill isn't perfect but is the best vehicle we have for restoring the rights struck down by the Supreme Court last year.

The Voting Rights Act is one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation Congress has ever passed. Last year's Supreme Court decision weakened critical provisions of VRA. Right now, Congress can restore those protections by passing this important bill. Congressman Ruiz should support this effort by cosponsoring and fighting for a strong bill.

The voting Rights Act is one or the most important pieces of civil rights legislation Congress has ever passed. Last years Supreme Court decision weakened critical provisions of it. It did tell Congress that it needed to update the Act in order to address how times have changed in the last fifty years, this bill makes an important step toward doing that.

The right to vote is the foundation of American democracy. The states impacted by the VRA started to take it away from American citizens the very moment the Supreme Court lifted them. As we continue to see voters' rights being restricted all across America, this much AT LEAST must stop!

To protect people who do not have the position in the community that I happen to! MY VOTE would never be in jeporady!

I'm very concerned that our voting rights are being systematically stripped away. We live in a democracy and our vote is our voice. The Voting Rights Act is one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation Congress has ever enacted. Last year's Supreme Court decision weakened critical provisions of it. Right now, Congress can restore those protections by passing this important bill.