Our freedom is under attack.

This year alone, 30 state legislatures have introduced bills intended to make it harder

for you to exercise your right to vote. This effort is coordinated and targeted, and it

is a throwback to a time that no one in our nation will want to revisit.

We will not stand by silently and let this happen. In states across the country, the

NAACP and our allies are leading a wide-ranging coalition of organizations to make

sure that your rights are protected. But we can't do it without you.

We will launch our efforts with a rally in New York on December 10th, but the

movement to reclaim our freedom begins today and it begins with you.

Visit our new website, Stand4Freedom.org, and sign the petition so we can

keep you updated on the campaign:

http://www.stand4freedom.org/petition

What we're facing is the most aggressive attempt to roll back voting rights in over a

century.

A century ago, the target was the voting rights of Black voters and other voters of

color. The goal was to eliminate their presence at the polls and accelerate the

spread of racial segregation.

Today, the target is the voting rights of Black voters, Latino voters, Asian American

Voters, Native American Voters, as well as students and young people, working

women, and immigrants of ALL colors. These are also among the voting demographics

that are most likely to support workers' rights, equal opportunity, women's rights,

LBGT rights, environmental protection, and peace.

A century ago, the tactics were varied: grandfather clauses, poll tests, poll taxes,

and racially motivated ex-felon voting bans.

Today, voter suppression also takes many forms, including attacks on early and

Sunday voting to make voting harder for working people; photo ID requirements

for voting and registration that introduce the first financial barrier to voting since

the poll tax; and the same racially-motivated ex-felon bans.

Attacking voting rights was un-American then.

Attacking voting rights is un-American now.

We are organizing aggressively both online and offline. On December 10th, the

United Nations Human Rights Day, we're helping to organize a mobilization in

New York City, marching from the office of the Koch brothers, the right-wing

funders of many of the anti-voting rights measures, to a rally at the United

Nations Building.

We'll make sure to keep you posted as the event nears, but make sure you mark

it down on your calendars:

What: Stand For Freedom March on the United Nations
When: December 10th, 11:00 AM
Where: Start at the office of the Koch Brothers, and march to Dag

Hammarskjold Plaza

It's our duty, as members of the NAACP and as Americans, to defend the right

to vote. Start now by signing the Stand For Freedom petition:

http://www.stand4freedom.org/petition

Together, we will speak out, organize, and follow through in order to protect

the voting rights of every American in every state.

Standing for Freedom,
Ben
Benjamin Todd Jealous
President & CEO
NAACP