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Sherman,
The Koch brothers don't just want to take away your right to vote. They
want to trick you into believing they are voting rights supporters.
The same oil billionaires who bankroll the Tea Party are now channeling
their vast fortune to limit the right to vote in 38 states and counting.
The NAACP has sounded the alarm against their attacks, launching
Stand4Freedom.org to expose them
and mobilizing a rally outside their New York headquarters on December
10th.
Now here's the amazing part: The Koch brothers have responded with a
bizarre online advertising campaign. Now, when you search for the NAACP
on Google, they've paid to have ads pop up directing people to a "Stand
for Liberty" web page -- a page that's a blatant take-off of
Stand4Freedom.org and actually brags about the Koch's so-called
commitment to civil liberties.
Do they think we're stupid? That's not just inaccurate -- it's
offensive.
The NAACP has always risen to protect our nation's most vulnerable
populations when their rights have been threatened, and we will continue
to do so with your help. We need you to take action now, to ensure that
millions are not disenfranchised next year.
Join us on Saturday, December 10th in New York City, as we march from
the office of the Koch brothers to a rally at the United Nations
Building.
What:
Stand For Freedom March on the United Nations
When: December 10th, 11:00 AM
Where: Start at the office of the Koch Brothers on Madison Ave.
and E. 61st St., and march to Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
Regardless of what they want you to believe, the facts are clear. The
Koch brothers have a long history of fighting civil rights. For years
they have bankrolled extreme right-wing and anti-government think tanks
and fought affirmative action and other civil rights initiatives.
Recently the PAC that they founded led the political effort to
re-segregate North Carolina schools, and now they have launched their
biggest initiative yet: to roll back voting rights in advance of the
2012 election.
Photo ID as a prerequisite to voting, proof of citizenship before
casting a ballot, radically restrictive rules on registering new voters,
dramatic cuts to early voting and Sunday voting -- these are just a few
of the tactics that the Koch Brothers are using to make it harder for
you to vote.
If the Koch brothers have their way, millions of students, the elderly
and working families of all colors will fall victim to arcane voter
suppression laws that this country hasn't seen in one hundred years.
Throughout our history, Sherman, the NAACP has taken on powerful
enemies and won. With your help, we'll beat back these attacks on our
most fundamental rights. Join us on December 10, and sign the Stand For
Freedom pledge today:
http://action.naacp.org/sign-the-pledge
Join us in the fight, and together we can protect the right to vote for
millions of Americans for years to come.
Stefanie
Stefanie Brown
National Field Director and Director of Youth & College Division
NAACP