U.S : This lawsuit is bad news for Black voters.

Missy Shorey filed a lawsuit to kick 128 Democrats off the Dallas ballot and silence Black voters.  

Act now to tell Shorey and Dallas Republicans to call off their attack on Black voters !   

TAKE ACTION

Dear friend,  Black voters in Dallas are under attack. On January 19th, Dallas County Republican Party Chair Missy Shorey and her party filed a lawsuit to kick 128 Democratic candidates off their March primaries ballot.1 They’re arguing that Democratic County Chair Carol Donovan did not properly sign their ballot applications, despite the fact that it is common for designated people to sign off in her place. This lawsuit is a desperate attempt by Dallas Republicans to prevent Black voters from from making their voices heard and selecting the candidates that best represent their communities. Many of the candidates being targeted are Black, including State Senator Royce West and State Representatives Eric Johnson and Toni Rose. One-quarter of Dallas County is Black, meaning that this lawsuit could disenfranchise a community of hundreds of thousands of Black people, preventing them from voting for the candidates that would serve them.2 Missy Shorey must drop her racist lawsuit and let Dallas voters exercise their rights. Unfortunately, this attack is part of a larger pattern of racist attacks on Black voters in Texas that has been happening for years. Texan Republican lawmakers will face the U.S. Supreme Court this year for their racist congressional district maps, and voting and civil rights groups in the state continue to battle a voter ID law that prevents many people of color from voting.3,4 Dallas County Republican Party Chair Missy Shorey is willing to do whatever it takes to win back Dallas for the GOP. In a recent interview, she said “I think 2018 is going to be the battle of the decade. And it’s going to be a blood bath. And we’ll be ready.”5 Many of the Democratic candidates accused in the lawsuit don’t even have Republican opponents in Dallas, showing thatMissy Shorey and the Republicans are willing to play dirty to kick off Democratic candidates, even when they have no stakes in the election. Racist discrimination will not bring Dallas back to the Republican Party. Tell Missy Shorey to back down. But we know that Missy Shorey doesn’t want to be seen as a racist. When lawyers from the Dallas Democratic Party pointed out the lawsuit’s impact on voters and candidates of color, Shorey was quick to defend herself, calling the accusations “slander”.6 If we continue to call her out for leading the charge on this racist lawsuit, she may back down to protect her and her party’s image. We have an opportunity to show that Black voters and our allies will not stay silent while our rights are attacked. We must pressure Missy Shorey to call off this lawsuit so Black voters in Dallas can elect the people that will create a better world for them and their families. Stand up to Missy Shorey and tell her to call off this lawsuit!  Until justice is real,  Jenni, Arisha, Bhavik, Scott, and the Color Of Change PAC team References “Dallas County Republicans sue to get 128 Democrats off ballot”, Texas Tribune, 22 January 2018,https://act.colorofchange.org/go/17223?t=11&akid=9074%2E1942551%2EZzVXKU “Dallas County, Texas”, United States Census, 1 July 2016, https://act.colorofchange.org/go/17224?t=13&akid=9074%2E1942551%2EZzVXKU “U.S. Supreme Court to hear case over whether Texas congressional and House maps discriminate”, Texas Tribune, 12 January 2018, https://act.colorofchange.org/go/17225?t=15&akid=9074%2E1942551%2EZzVXKU “Federal appeals judges question challenge to revised Texas voter ID law”, Texas Tribune, 5 December 2017,https://act.colorofchange.org/go/17226?t=17&akid=9074%2E1942551%2EZzVXKU “Missy Shorey Has the Most Impossible Job in Dallas”, D Magazine, February 2018, https://act.colorofchange.org/go/17227?t=19&akid=9074%2E1942551%2EZzVXKU “GOP ‘rejects’ racist label in spat with Democrats over suit to remove 128 from ballot”, Dallas News, 26 January 2018,https://act.colorofchange.org/go/17228?t=21&akid=9074%2E1942551%2EZzVXKU

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