A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN
FOR
DEMOCRACY
The Case for a Right-to-Vote
Constitutional Amendment
Press
Release with event details
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First
Day of Democratic Convention
July
26, 1:30-5 pm, Downtown Boston
C.
Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University
5
BLOCKS FROM CONVENTION!
Directions
Speakers Include:
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Lani
Guinier
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Dennis Kucinich
Kim Gandy
Jamin
Raskin
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Celebrate the
40th anniversary of Fannie Lou Hamer’s
pro-democracy campaign at the
1964 Democratic Convention
with an inspiring, informative afternoon on
the case for an
affirmative right to vote in the U.S. Constitution.
Featured speakers and grassroots reformers working for
change on the
ground will address such issues as:
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H.J.
Res. 28, the constitutional amendment for a right to vote
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Avoiding
versions of Florida’s election count and voter registration debacle
in future elections
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Election
day registration, immigrant voting, ex-felon voting rights, D.C. vote
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Enhancing the
power of the vote by reforming winner-take-all elections
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