[WB-Discuss] PS Link to send email to Rachel Kaprielian

[Aram Falsafi]

Sorry about the multiple posts. The link did not come through in the last email.

Click below and you can send a petition to Rachel Kaprielian. I just did it and
it was really quick.

http://www.massvote.net/site/R?i=y0vdzN_PmL2WybaNDJCJtg..



Aram Falsafi wrote:
> 
> A concrete demand that we can put to our esteemed state rep. :-)
> 
> -Aram
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
>      Subject: Tell Finneran to Change House Districts Now
>         Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 08:34:28 -0600
>         From: Gibrán Rivera-MassVOTE <voterdesk at massvote.net>
>     Reply-To: Gibrán Rivera-MassVOTE <voterdesk at massvote.net>
> Organization: MassVOTE
>           To: afalsafi at igc.org
> 
>                    House Redistricting Plan Declared Illegal
> 
>        Federal Court Calls for Changes in Districts of Finneran and Others
> 
>  Dear Aram,
> 
>  Following the 2000 census, Speaker Tom Finneran used his powers to change the
>  make-up of his Boston district.  He removed more than 3,000 black voters.  He
>  replaced them with white voters many from outside Boston.
> 
>  As the 2000 census revealed Boston’s “minority” populations the city’s new
>  majority, Finneran’s aides twisted district lines of its 17 House districts to
>  make 12 of them majority white!  The result
protect incumbents while
>  minimizing the impact of Boston’s growing numbers of voters of color.
> 
>  The Federal Court agreed with Plaintiffs.  They said the House plan unlawfully
>  split or packed black, Latino and other minority voters.  The Federal Court
>  declared this action illegal under the Voting Rights Act.
> 
>  Now, Finneran is theatening to undermine this victory for Boston's black and
>  Latino voters.
> 
>  Don’t let Finneran and his mapmakers defy the Voting Rights Act and trample on
>  the equal opportunity for all voters.
> 
>  We must act swiftly.  The Court gave the Speaker and the House six weeks to
>  produce new districts.  There are only FOUR WEEKS left.
> 
>  E-Mail your State House representative.
> 
>  Spread is email on to five friends.
>  The Campaign!
> 
>  Donate to this Campaign.  Uphold voting
>  rights.
>                                                 Thank you.
> 
>  Gibran Rivera
>  Board Chair
>  MassVOTE
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