NO on Hans von Spakovsky

Demand the Senate take a stand against voter suppression

Hans von Spakovsky has made a career out of suppressing the vote of minorities, most recently at the Department of Justice (DOJ). Under Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, von Spakovsky led the charge to turn the DOJ into an agency that undermines voting rights instead of protecting them.

Now Bush wants von Spakovsky to be confirmed for a seat on the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the agency in charge of enforcing election finance laws. It's an insult to Blacks, other minorities, and all who are struggling to maintain fair access to our democracy.

Please join us below in calling on all members of the Senate to oppose von Spakovsky's confirmation and to send a strong statement to the White House that voter suppression will not be tolerated and that those who engage in voting suppression have no place in the electoral system.

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Dear Senator <senator's name>,

I'm writing to ask that you oppose Hans von Spakovsky's nomination to the FEC in the strongest possible terms. Perhaps no individual has been more central to the Republican effort to disenfranchise minority voters than von Spakovsky. It would be shameful for any senator to vote to confirm a nominee who has made a career of systematically undermining voting rights for partisan gain.

There can be no justification for allowing von Spakovsky to remain on the FEC. There could not be a clearer test of your willingness to fight against voter suppression, or to support it, than this nomination. A vote for von Spakovsky is a vote for voter suppression and against democracy.

As your constituent, I expect more than a quiet "no" vote against this brazen assault on our most fundamental democratic right. That President Bush has nominated von Spakovsky to the FEC is an insult to democracy that should be met with strong condemnation. All senators who care about democracy should consider this an opportunity to use the power of their offices to begin a much needed accounting for the assault on voting rights of the last six and a half years.

Sincerely,

[your name here]