Action Alerts
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The North Carolina League of Women Voters website provides many tools for taking action. We’ve highlighted a few below, and more may be found at lwvnc.org.
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Please visit the Fair Districts NC website to learn about what the NC League of Women Voters, in coordination with the NC Council of Churches, is doing to stop Gerrymandering (when politicians use election data and other information to draw districts that favor themselves and their party): www.FairDistrictsNC.orgOur State
ACTION ALERTS
All LWVNENC Members and supporters:
Now is the time to send handwritten letters to Senators Thom Tillis and Richard Burr to ask that they support Senate Joint Resolution 6 to remove the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Currently, there are 48 sponsors of the bill but their names are not among them.
Handwritten letters get the most notice. Sample language is below and also add something personal about why the passage is important to you:
Please vote YES to remove the time limit to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment by co-sponsoring and passing SJR6. I strongly support equal rights for all and appreciate you voting YES TO DROP THE TIME LIMIT. Passage of the ERA is personally important to me because……..
Thank you for your attention and support
[your name]
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Send your letter to these Addresses:
Senator Thom Tillis
113 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
Senator Richard Burr
217 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
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