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  CONVENTION RESOLUTIONS 2007
RESOLUTION R-2-2007
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VOTING RIGHTS
Adopted by Delegates to the LWVC Convention, May 20, 2007


Whereas, Residents of the District of Columbia are unable to participate in essential decisions of national importance such as going to war or setting taxes because they lack voting representation in Congress; and

Whereas, This radical disenfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of United States citizens, solely on the basis of residence, has been perpetuated for over a century, representing a painful legacy of racism for its majority Black population; therefore, be it

Resolved, That the League of Women Voters of California in Convention urges its board to notify our United States senators of our vigorous support for the rapid passage of legislation to end this injustice and provide the fullest possible voting rights for the District of Columbia, with a copy to the League of Women Voters of the United States; and

Resolved, That the LWVC board also encourage each local League to respond to the LWVUS call to action on DC voting rights and to sustain pressure on their congressional representatives until the bill is passed.

 

 

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