DC Vote Scores
From a press release:
On Saturday, July 2, the Third Committee of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly passed an amendment that calls on the United States Congress to grant the residents of Washington, DC, equal voting rights in Congress with an overwhelming majority voting for the measure. The United States is the only country in the OSCE where residents of the nation's capital are denied full representation in the national legislature.
Around this time of year, I often read the Declaration of Independence. I always find a good deal of irony in it. That any US citizen is denied voting representation in Congress is an affront to the values we hold sacred in this country, values which have spread to other freedom-loving nations. It's good to see some people are cognizant of the injustice inherent in disenfranchising DC.
On Saturday, July 2, the Third Committee of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly passed an amendment that calls on the United States Congress to grant the residents of Washington, DC, equal voting rights in Congress with an overwhelming majority voting for the measure. The United States is the only country in the OSCE where residents of the nation's capital are denied full representation in the national legislature.
Around this time of year, I often read the Declaration of Independence. I always find a good deal of irony in it. That any US citizen is denied voting representation in Congress is an affront to the values we hold sacred in this country, values which have spread to other freedom-loving nations. It's good to see some people are cognizant of the injustice inherent in disenfranchising DC.
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