End Citizens United // Let America Vote Action Fund President Tiffany Muller released the following statement on the 58th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march:
“In 1965, civil rights activists, including the late Congressman John Lewis, bravely marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama to stand up for the freedom to have their voices heard and their votes counted. On that day, Black men and women risked their lives to fight against our country’s long, dark history of racism and voter suppression and in the pursuit of justice.
“As we commemorate the legacy of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the lives of civil rights activists who marched, we recognize there is still much more work to do to protect the freedom to vote. President Biden’s Voting Access Executive Order, issued 2 years ago on this anniversary, was visionary, and we applaud the commitment to voting rights he demonstrated in taking this important step. However, many agencies have not yet made the progress we need or taken advantage of key opportunities. There is significant room for improvement in their implementation of the executive order, and we look forward to working with the administration as it makes voting more accessible than ever before.
“On this anniversary of Bloody Sunday, we remember the legacy of the heroic men and women who marched that day and call on federal agencies to do everything in their power to act on the executive order and expand access to the ballot.”
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