Give DC the Vote
I don't know if they are still accepting signatures for this petition but I do know that this is an ongoing cause. My sister, who lives in DC, has been trying to get representation for the past 30 + years. Please support this. Thanks...........Scott
Earlier this year millions of Iraqis went to the polls to vote for a transitional government. We admired the citizens of Baghdad braving deadly violence to vote and giving us those unforgettable images of their raised purple-inked fingers. But even as residents of our nation's capital watched American troops protecting the right to vote in Iraq, they were painfully aware that they have no vote in the US Congress.1 In fact, expatriate Iraqi citizens living in DC voted in the Iraqi election, while their neighbors have gone more than 200 years without representation in Congress. Congress has long failed to fix the injustice.
Give DC Voting Rights in Congress!
Sign Our Petition Today!
Last week, Congress left Washington, DC, for their summer recess. Once again, they left the half-million Americans who live in the District of Columbia without a vote in Congress. Despite all the talk about spreading democracy around the world, we have failed to take care of democracy here in the nation's capital. Sadly, the slogan on Washingtonian's license plates, "No Taxation Without Representation," is still relevant.2
This has to end. Join us today and sign our petition urging our Senators and Representatives to support voting representation in Congress for Washington, DC residents:
http://www.commoncause.org/EndTaxationwithoutRepresentation
DC residents pay taxes, fight and die in wars, including the one in Iraq, and live and work in the city that houses the United States Congress. Yet they have no real voice in the institution that represents all other Americans. This is not right. Sign our petition today and pass it on to your family and friends, urging them to join our campaign to obtain full voting representation for Washington, DC, residents. We want to gather 50,000 petitions by Labor Day and deliver them to the Congress.
Ironically, while Congress has failed to act, it took an international group, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, meeting in Washington, DC, earlier this summer, to point out this injustice. They voted3 in support of a resolution4 calling on the United States to give Washington residents voting representation in Congress.
It's appalling that it takes foreign visitors to remind America about this outrage. With the United States now preaching democracy around the world, it is wrong that we continue to deny full democracy to 500,000 residents of the nation's capital. So, please join our campaign to put pressure on Congress to give the vote to Americans who live in the District of Columbia. If the citizens of Baghdad can proudly show off their purple-inked fingers proving they voted, surely the citizens of DC should be able to do the same:
http://www.commoncause.org/EndTaxationwithoutRepresentation
During the coming weeks and months, we are going to be in a full campaign mode to fight for voting rights for Washington, DC, as we will be collecting petitions, lobbying Members of Congress, engaging our activists and working with our coalition partners to pass legislation providing voting rights for Washingtonians through a politically pragmatic approach.
We need you help. Join our campaign by signing the petition today. After you sign it, please pass it on to everyone you know so we can have true representation for Washingtonians, who pay their taxes and die in our wars, but have no representation in our Congress.
Thank you again for all you do to protect our democracy.
Sincerely,
Chellie Pingree
President & CEO, Common Cause
1http://www.commonblog.com/story/2005/1/31/145558/065
2http://www.commonblog.com/story/2005/1/12/174828/145
3http://www.commonblog.com/story/2005/7/3/112311/7701
4http://www.dcvote.org/advocacy/material.cfm?legID=29
Earlier this year millions of Iraqis went to the polls to vote for a transitional government. We admired the citizens of Baghdad braving deadly violence to vote and giving us those unforgettable images of their raised purple-inked fingers. But even as residents of our nation's capital watched American troops protecting the right to vote in Iraq, they were painfully aware that they have no vote in the US Congress.1 In fact, expatriate Iraqi citizens living in DC voted in the Iraqi election, while their neighbors have gone more than 200 years without representation in Congress. Congress has long failed to fix the injustice.
Give DC Voting Rights in Congress!
Sign Our Petition Today!
Last week, Congress left Washington, DC, for their summer recess. Once again, they left the half-million Americans who live in the District of Columbia without a vote in Congress. Despite all the talk about spreading democracy around the world, we have failed to take care of democracy here in the nation's capital. Sadly, the slogan on Washingtonian's license plates, "No Taxation Without Representation," is still relevant.2
This has to end. Join us today and sign our petition urging our Senators and Representatives to support voting representation in Congress for Washington, DC residents:
http://www.commoncause.org/EndTaxationwithoutRepresentation
DC residents pay taxes, fight and die in wars, including the one in Iraq, and live and work in the city that houses the United States Congress. Yet they have no real voice in the institution that represents all other Americans. This is not right. Sign our petition today and pass it on to your family and friends, urging them to join our campaign to obtain full voting representation for Washington, DC, residents. We want to gather 50,000 petitions by Labor Day and deliver them to the Congress.
Ironically, while Congress has failed to act, it took an international group, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, meeting in Washington, DC, earlier this summer, to point out this injustice. They voted3 in support of a resolution4 calling on the United States to give Washington residents voting representation in Congress.
It's appalling that it takes foreign visitors to remind America about this outrage. With the United States now preaching democracy around the world, it is wrong that we continue to deny full democracy to 500,000 residents of the nation's capital. So, please join our campaign to put pressure on Congress to give the vote to Americans who live in the District of Columbia. If the citizens of Baghdad can proudly show off their purple-inked fingers proving they voted, surely the citizens of DC should be able to do the same:
http://www.commoncause.org/EndTaxationwithoutRepresentation
During the coming weeks and months, we are going to be in a full campaign mode to fight for voting rights for Washington, DC, as we will be collecting petitions, lobbying Members of Congress, engaging our activists and working with our coalition partners to pass legislation providing voting rights for Washingtonians through a politically pragmatic approach.
We need you help. Join our campaign by signing the petition today. After you sign it, please pass it on to everyone you know so we can have true representation for Washingtonians, who pay their taxes and die in our wars, but have no representation in our Congress.
Thank you again for all you do to protect our democracy.
Sincerely,
Chellie Pingree
President & CEO, Common Cause
1http://www.commonblog.com/story/2005/1/31/145558/065
2http://www.commonblog.com/story/2005/1/12/174828/145
3http://www.commonblog.com/story/2005/7/3/112311/7701
4http://www.dcvote.org/advocacy/material.cfm?legID=29
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