Representative
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515

RE: DC Voting Rights Act

Dear Representative ,

I urge you to cosponsor H.R. 5388, the DC Voting Rights Act.

The DC Voting Rights Act will give the citizens of the District of Columbia voting representation in the House. The bill was introduced by Representative Tom Davis (R-VA) and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and has both Republican and Democratic cosponsors.

This bill is a fair and politically viable way of correcting an injustice that has existed for over 200 years. It would bring more than a half million Americans fully into our democracy, where they belong.

The citizens of the District of Columbia deserve the same right that all other Americans have to be represented in Congress. DC residents pay federal income taxes, serve on juries, and die in wars to defend American democracy. DC citizens are currently serving in the armed forces in Iraq, fighting for new democratic rights for Iraqis that they do not enjoy themselves.

Please support H.R. 5388, the DC Voting Rights Act, and give the more than half million Americans in the District a vote in the House.

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