"The right to criticize: the right to hold unpopular beliefs; the right to protest; the right of independent thought. The exercise of these rights should not cost one single American citizen his reputation or his right to a livelihood... Otherwise none of us could call our souls our own."
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United States Senator from Maine 1897-1995
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From: Steven Singer
Shockingly, 52 Pennsylvania architects of the recently halted Voter ID law are running UNOPPOSED in the November election. That means no matter how voters in these districts feel about these representatives, they have no choice but to re-elect them. This is outrageous!
That's why we're asking voters who live in these districts to write-in ATTICUS FINCH, the hero of Harper Lee's Civil Rights masterpiece To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus is a figure who truly stands for the idea that Civil Rights - including the right to vote - come first and that our elections should include EVERYONE - not just those who can jump through hoops to get a state-approved photo ID with an expiration date.
So this November, send a message to the cynical opportunists who tried to take away your right to vote. Tell them "I'm voting for ATTICUS FINCH!"
Please make the pledge to vote against politicians who drafted the voter ID law or write-in ATTICUS FINCH for those politicians running unopposed.
Go to: http://signon.org/sign/pa-vote-atticus-finch?source=s.icn.em.cr&r_by=2420891&mailing_id=6396
Please share this link through email, facebook, twitter and anyway you can.
Not sure if your local Voter ID supporter is running unopposed? A complete list, promotional posters and additional information can be found at svteach.wikispaces.com.
We feel ATTICUS FINCH would make a great representative. If he was a real person that is.
Compare ATTICUS FINCH to, let say, State Rep. Daryle Metcalfe - one of these unopposed politicians.
Finch: "If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
Let's see what happens when Metcalfe tries it. Metcalfe: "[The verdict to halt voter ID] is skewed in favor of the lazy, who refuse to exercise the necessary work ethic to meet the common-sense requirements to obtain an acceptable photo ID." "As Mitt Romney said, 47% of the people... are living off the public dole, living off their neighbors' hard work..."
Finch might note that 25% of African Americans, 16% of Latinos, and 18% of seniors lack photo IDs. Finch: [People like Metcalfe are] "confident that you gentlemen would go along with them on the assumption... the evil assumption that all Negroes lie, all Negroes are basically immoral beings... An assumption that one associates with minds of their caliber, and which is, in itself, gentlemen, a lie, which I do not need to point out to you."
What would Finch say about the court decision to halt implementation of the law? Finch: "Now, gentlemen, in this country, our courts are the great levelers. In our courts, all men are created equal. I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts... that's no ideal to me. That is a living, working reality!"
How would Finch reply to State Rep. Mike Turzai - another unopposed politician - who famously said, [The voter ID law will] "allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania,"?
Finch: "They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions, but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience."
Why would Finch allow his name to be used as a purely symbolic gesture? After all, even if a majority of voters in these districts write in his name, he cannot actually take office since he is a fictional character. Finch: "I wanted you to see what real courage is... It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do." "Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win."
Please make the pledge to vote against politicians who drafted the voter ID law or write-in ATTICUS FINCH for those politicians running unopposed.
Go to: http://signon.org/sign/pa-vote-atticus-finch?source=s.icn.em.cr&r_by=2420891&mailing_id=6396
Please share this link through email, facebook, twitter and anyway you can.
Not sure if your local Voter ID supporter is running unopposed? A complete list, promotional posters and additional information can be found at svteach.wikispaces.com.
Thank you so much for all you do.
Yours,
Steven Singer and Adrian Seltzer
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