Jim Crow is back in Alabama

Dear MoveOn member,Alabama just closed 31 drivers license bureaus in counties with the highest percentage of Black voters. Every county with over 75% of registered voters that are African American will have their DMV office closed.¹

That’s why I started a petition to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and President Obama, which says:

Alabama requires voters to have photo ID to vote, so this will disenfranchise the voters in those counties. The Justice Department can put a stop to this; they are the best hope for upholding the rights of all Alabama voters.

MoveOn members have worked in all 50 states and run hundreds of campaigns to defend voting rights. This attack is particularly egregious, and we’re committed to fight back. We’ll deliver this petition directly to the Department of Justice, continue to organize, and also elevate the issue in the media.

Gerry Hebert, a former top official at the Department of Justice with decades of experience on voting rights, said this week that Alabama’s action is “absolutely” something the department might investigate especially if the case “has drawn a lot of attention.†²

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks!

–Laura Packard

Sources:

1. “Alabama sends message: We are too broke to care about right and wrong,” AL.com, September 30, 2015
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=307700&id=133286-19252191-3ZsCeox&t=1

2. “Alabama DMV closings draw call for federal voting rights probe,” MSNBC.com, October 5, 2015
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=307705&id=133286-19252191-3ZsCeox&t=2

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