It's simple: Democrats want more voters at the polls, while Republican lawmakers want the few, the proud, the ignorant. The majority of Americans, including moderate Republicans, want what's best for them, not the corporations: a clean environment, full employment at a living wage, an end to war. Republican legislators want just the opposite. More voters at the polls means progressive, responsible governance, good for all America. The Voting Rights Act is one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation Congress has ever passed. Right now, Congress can restore lost protections by passing this important bill. Rep. Thompson should support this effort by cosponsoring and fighting for a strong bill.

I'm starting this petition because Civil Rights is not just a historical movement back in the 1950s and 60s. It is an ethnic cause, because we are all ethnic, and America is based upon our responsibility to vote, and the right to it without undue regulation. Please join me in stressing the need for Congressional legislation to secure critical provisions of the bill which the Supreme Court weakened in its decision last year. It is not only for the rich and middle class, but for all voters and future voters to correctly address this issue now. It is not partisan politics, and we need our Rep. Castro to stand in our place to argue for our rights. We elected him to do just that.

If we lose the right of all citizens to vote then we will no longer be the LAND OF THE FREE!

“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. Rogers should support this effort by cosponsoring and fighting for a strong bill.”

I was eligible to vote at the age of 18. But I had to go before a board in my home town to prove that I could cast a vote. That type of nonsense should have gone out centuries ago and not be returned to America to disenfranchise our citizens .

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. Herrera-Butler should support this effort by cosponsoring and fighting for a strong bill.

Voting rights are important.

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. Gholson should support this effort by cosponsoring and fighting for a strong bill.

The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act last Summer. We are asking members of Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act and to protect the rights of all voters across the country, especially in Southern states like Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. The Justice Department should retain the right to review any challenge to an individuals right to vote or any redrawing of District Lines on the state level for the purpose of establishing outlined voting patterns in a particular district. This law should be particularly applied to states that have a history of unfairness, oppression, racial segregation or resistance to providing racial minorities equal protection under the law.

Important provisions have weakened this critical bill, you can rebuilt it and American democracy by fighting for this bill and co-sponsoring it. Show your leadership!!!

Perhaps the most important "right" people have is the right to vote. Actions being taken to reduce those rights simply reduce the ideals of the American Political System. I spent 30 years persuading young people that they needed to exercise that right and make it part of their patriotic duty. You can show your own patriotism by stepping forward now.

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. Vargas please support this effort by cosponsoring and fighting for a strong bill.