To: Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush: Support a modern Voting Rights Act
Call on Congress to pass the Voting Rights Advancement Act, and encourage your fellow presidential candidates to do the same.
Why is this important?
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush just announced that he opposes renewing the Voting Rights Act (VRA) -- saying “I don't support reauthorizing it as is.”
Governor Bush needs to get his facts straight. Because of a 2013 Supreme Court decision that gutted one of the law’s crucial protections against discrimination at the polls, restoring the VRA “as is” isn’t even an option.
Instead, there’s a bipartisan bill before Congress right now, the Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA), that’d update the VRA for the discrimination voters still face today and stop laws that block us from exercising our rights.
Any candidate who wants our votes - all eligible Americans’ votes - should work to protect and strengthen the right to vote. Jeb Bush should call on Congress to pass the VRAA, and encourage his fellow presidential candidates to do the same.
Tell Jeb Bush: if you think the VRA needs to be modernized, then call on Congress to get it done!
Governor Bush needs to get his facts straight. Because of a 2013 Supreme Court decision that gutted one of the law’s crucial protections against discrimination at the polls, restoring the VRA “as is” isn’t even an option.
Instead, there’s a bipartisan bill before Congress right now, the Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA), that’d update the VRA for the discrimination voters still face today and stop laws that block us from exercising our rights.
Any candidate who wants our votes - all eligible Americans’ votes - should work to protect and strengthen the right to vote. Jeb Bush should call on Congress to pass the VRAA, and encourage his fellow presidential candidates to do the same.
Tell Jeb Bush: if you think the VRA needs to be modernized, then call on Congress to get it done!