And the larger world keeps on ticking....

I have just received this email. I don't wish to clutter my journal with political matters, nor do I wish to impose upon my readers, but I believe that the import of this matter is something most Americans can agree upon, and that we should all do what we can to preserve the things that matter. Now more than ever.

TO: ACLU Action Network Members
FR: Jared Feuer, Internet Organizer
DT: February 20, 2002

With the Senate poised to finally vote on election reform legislation, provisions have been
included that turn a well-intentioned bill into a potential source of futher discrimination
and inequality.

These new provisions include a photo ID requirment for first time voters. Putting this
condition on the right to vote would shut out a disproportionate number of racial and ethnic
minority voters, much in the way that literacy tests and poll taxes did in the past.

This requirement would also have a chilling effect on voter participation among young people,
as most of America's 1.5 million undergraduates do not have a photo ID that displays a local
address.

Take Action! The right to vote is fundamental, and it must not be contingent on a person's
ability to produce one type of identification! You can learn more about this issue and send
a FREE FAX to your Members of Congress from our action alert at:

http://www.aclu.org/action/photo107.html