It could be said that folks of the "other" party might have their own "agenda" in NOT wanting those people who have heretofore been unable to vote to be able to exercise this right in the upcoming elections. Eh?
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Subject: [UC] Re: [phillyneighborhoods] Sign Up for "Get on the Bus Tours" Voter Registration
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:22:19 EDT
In a message dated 9/13/2004 4:37:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Please join CCJ in these last weeks before the voter registration deadline to register voters in Philadelphia neighborhoods on a non-partisan basis. Through our national partner, the USAction Education Fund, we have registered over 20,000 new voters in underrepresented communities since mid-spring. Your help NOW will help us reach 30,000 by the end of the month.
Please share with us your success. What communities do you work in and in
which states? I assume that your success is not exclusively in Philadelphia.
Please break out your numbers by party affiliation, sex, and race.
The USAction Fund has a reputation for targeting young people, people of
color, low-income people and gays and lesbians If Jeff Blum is still its
executive director, he has established a liberal track record, including working
against President Bush's tax reduction programs. An article in 'The Hill' dated
March 17, 2004 described USAction as follows:
Fueled by unlimited anonymous contributions, self-described nonpartisan
charity groups are launching ambitious programs to register hundreds of thousands
of new voters in key battleground states this year. Most of the groups are
traditionally allied with Democrats.
Five large liberal-leaning charities interviewed by The Hill said they plan
to register upwards of 5 million new voters through registration programs
that will cost millions of dollars.
The organizations are: USAction, People for the American Way, the Center for
Community Change, the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project and the
League of Conservation Voters.
I have no problem with you engaging in the lawful registration of those who
are entitled to vote, in this great nation of ours. However, you are
disingenuous, when you allege you are non-partisan, your progressive agenda is not
disclosed, and it is not shared by one of our two major parties. It is a
violation of the spirit of the law, when a 501(c)3 is targeting areas that will be
rich in Democratic registrations to the exclusion of other parties. This is a
variation of suppressing the vote. The Democrats accuse the Republicans of
the same practice.
If you do not have pride in what you are doing, why are you not forthright?
Perhaps you know you are violating Federal Election Commission disclosure
requirements and IRS regulations for tax-exempt organizations.
Aint politics great?
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