Support the New Jersey Voting Rights Act!

The John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey (A4083/S3009), a state Voting Rights Act would help address serious challenges to voting in our state. With voting rights under assault across the country and in the courts and the federal Voting Rights Act weakened, New Jersey voters, especially voters of color, face challenges when trying to vote.

A state Voting Rights Act would help protect and strengthen the right to vote, establishing a state preclearance program to require that local governments with a history of discrimination receive approval from a state court or independent state agency before any change to voting processes can go into effect. It would provide new tools to combat voter disenfranchisement and intimidation, expand language access, and make New Jersey a leader in the fight to defend voting rights.

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I am writing to ask for your support of the John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey (A4083/S3009), a state Voting Rights Act. Voting rights are under assault across America, and New Jersey should be a leader in standing up for democracy and passing a state Voting Rights Act that expands upon the weakened federal VRA.

New Jersey voters, especially voters of color, face challenges when trying to vote, including late openings and long lines on Election Day, difficulty accessing polling locations for those with disabilities, and issues with language accessibility for those with limited English proficiency. Many voters find it difficult to access the court when they are disenfranchised.

Specifically, we need a state Voting Rights Act that will:

1. Establish a New Jersey pre-clearance program that makes local governments with a history of discrimination prove to the state or to a court in New Jersey that certain changes they make to the voting process will not harm voters of color before those changes can go into effect; 
2. Provide new legal tools to fight discriminatory voting rules and procedures in court; 
3. Expand language assistance for voters with limited English proficiency; 
4. Include strong protections against voter intimidation, deception or obstruction at the polls; 
5. Instruct state judges to interpret election laws in a pro-voter way whenever possible; and 
6. Ensure local and state voting laws, procedures and regulations do not deny voters of color and other protected categories of voters the right to cast their vote.

Please show your support for the "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey" (A4083/S3009). This bill will provide new tools to combat voter disenfranchisement and intimidation and make New Jersey a leader in the fight to defend voting rights.

Thank you.

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