(NAME-MCE) RIGHT TO VOTE

[Debra Johnson-Jones]

>Hi All.
>
>At the recent NAACP Meeting, President Bush finally met with the 
>leaders and assured them that he would sign the right to vote bill 
>for another 25 years.
>
>My only concern is: Do the other race have to be subjected to a 
>right to  vote extension? Personally, the President, if he really 
>wanted to show  Good faith, should have abolished this bill and made 
>it simply a right  with  no limitations. But then maybe I am living 
>in a dream world. However, I  know IT CAN BE DONE!! Voting Rights 
>Act-Expires for blacks in 2007.
>
>Below you will find a speech that Bill Cosby's wife gave at a 
>function.  Everyone please read this and pass it on to as many 
>African Americans  you come in contact with.
>
>Camille Cosby just made a reference about the  Voting Rights Act in 
>her most recent open letter on racism. This is extremely important. 
>We are in the 21st Century and we were wondering, and when I say 
>'we', I mean others of us out there who wonder if everyone else 
>out  there knows what the significance of the year 2007 is to Black America ?
>
>Did you know that our right to VOTE will expire in the year 2007?
>Seriously! The Voters Rights Act signed in 1965 by Lyndon B. Johnson 
>was  just an ACT. It was not made a law..
>
>In 1982, Ronald Reagan amended the Voters Rights Act for another 
>25  years. Which means that in the year 2007 we could lose the Right to vote!
>
>Does anyone realize that African Americans are the only group of 
>people  who require PERMISSION under the United States Constitution to vote!
>
>In the year 2007, Congress will once again convene to decide whether 
>or not Blacks should retain the rights to vote (crazy but true).
>
>In order  for this to be passed, 38 states will have to approve an 
>extension. This  is ludicrous! Not only should the extension be 
>approved, but also the ACT must be made a law.
>
>Our right to vote should no longer be up for discussion, review 
>and/or evaluation.
>
>We must contact our Congress-persons, Senators, Alder persons, etc., 
>to put a stop to this! As bona fide Citizens of the United States , 
>we cannot "drop the ball" on this one! We have come too far to let 
>government  make us take such a huge step backward. So please, let 
>us push forward to continue to build the momentum towards gaining equality.
>
>Please pass this onto others, as we are sure that many more 
>individuals  are not aware of this. I urge all of you that are able, 
>to contact those in government that have your vote and make them 
>aware of our combined concern for this issue.
>
>One voice!....... One Vote! You cannot complain, if you do not
>participate.. ....local, State, & national.... .
>
>When I received this one I had no choice but to pass it on. Please 
>do the same!


DEBRA JOHNSON-JONES, a registered voter


Debra Johnson-Jones
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