<div dir="ltr"><div>Good morning.</div><div><br></div><div>
<div>Central IL chapter of Progressive Democrats of America is
sponsoring a Voting Rights Vigil at Rodney Davis' office on August 6 at
noon as part of a nationwide effort to "shine a light on voting rights."
The Voting Rights Act was passed 54 years ago. In 2013 the Supreme
Court essentially gutted it with the Shelby County v. Holder decision.
Most recently, Rep. Davis voted against HR 2272, the SAFE Act,
addressing
election security through grant programs and requirements for voting
systems and paper ballots. Sen. McConnell refuses to
bring any election security bills to theĀ Senate floor for a vote (turns out he gets lots of money from electronic voting machine manufacturers).<br></div><div><br></div><div>Champaign
County finally has a County Clerk who is interested in increasing and
expanding voting locally. Join us at noon to express your support for
voting rights and get pumped up for canvassing, phonebanking, and other
activities to elect even more Democrats (hopefully progressive ones) in Champaign County and beyond.<br></div><div><br></div><div>
<div><br></div><div>Here is link for Voting Rights Vigil on Aug 6, noon, Davis' office, 2004 Fox Dr, Champaign:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/voting-rights-act-vigil?referrer=debra-schrishuhn&source=direct_link" target="_blank">https://actionnetwork.org/events/voting-rights-act-vigil?referrer=debra-schrishuhn&source=direct_link</a></div><div><br></div><div>In solidarity,</div><div>Deb</div></div>
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