A Warning For “True the Vote:” Do Not Intimidate Voters

PRESS RELEASE

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following is being released by Velasquez & Associates on behalf of the undersigned organizations:

An alliance of 21 civil rights, human rights and labor organizations, including the NAACP, the Hispanic Federation and the AFL-CIO, today urged True the Vote and its affiliates to halt immediately its national campaign to assert challenges to the eligibility of voters.

True the Vote, a Texas-based organization, has announced plans to place a million poll watchers around the country, reportedly targeting minority groups and other demographic groups traditionally under-represented in our democracy. The 21 organizations wrote True the Vote President Catherine Engelbrecht to urge her to dismantle the program, which they called “a sad revival of racially targeted voter suppression that America left behind decades ago.”

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