{"id":13723,"date":"2013-12-05T04:14:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T04:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/congress-must-act-and-we-must-see-to-it\/"},"modified":"2013-12-05T04:14:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T04:14:00","slug":"le-congres-doit-agir-et-nous-devons-y-veiller","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/fr\/articles\/congress-must-act-and-we-must-see-to-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Congr\u00e8s doit agir \u2014 et nous devons y veiller"},"template":"","class_list":["post-13723","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Every day that Congress is not actively working towards a new preclearance formula is a day that some states are working to undermine the rights of their citizens. It has to stop now. Congress must act.","featured_image":null,"article_type":1103,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":12340}"],"related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<p>\u00c9crit par <em>Ben Gramling<\/em><\/p><p>Il y a une semaine, mardi, la Cour supr\u00eame a statu\u00e9 que l&#039;article 4 de la loi sur le droit de vote n&#039;\u00e9tait plus applicable. Cet article comprend une formule qui identifie les r\u00e9gions du pays ayant un historique \u00e9lectoral r\u00e9pressif, afin que les autorit\u00e9s f\u00e9d\u00e9rales puissent examiner de plus pr\u00e8s les modifications apport\u00e9es \u00e0 leurs lois \u00e9lectorales. La loi sur le droit de vote est l&#039;une des r\u00e9alisations majeures du mouvement des droits civiques et est essentielle \u00e0 la protection du droit de vote des \u00e9lecteurs issus des minorit\u00e9s.<\/p><p>Until Congress passes a new formula, the Voting Rights Act is essentially toothless. This fact has not been lost on the formerly-covered states. Within days of the court's decision, six of those nine states began to push anti-voter laws. In fact, just <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/justice\/2013\/06\/25\/2212281\/two-hours-after-the-supreme-court-gutted-the-voting-rights-act-texas-ag-suppresses-minority-voters\/\">deux heures<\/a> Apr\u00e8s cette d\u00e9cision, le Texas a annonc\u00e9 qu&#039;il mettrait en \u0153uvre des plans r\u00e9pressifs d&#039;identification des \u00e9lecteurs et de red\u00e9coupage \u00e9lectoral.<\/p><p>C&#039;est inacceptable. Le Congr\u00e8s DOIT faire de l&#039;adoption d&#039;une nouvelle formule une priorit\u00e9 absolue. Common Cause a lanc\u00e9 une campagne nationale pour faire pression sur les \u00e9lus\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0#CongressMustAct\u00a0\u00bb. Nous demandons \u00e0 nos sympathisants et alli\u00e9s d&#039;envoyer des photos d&#039;eux tenant notre pancarte, illustr\u00e9e ci-dessous.<\/p><p>The right to vote is the foundation of our society, and the systematic disenfranchisement of citizens for political gain is a repulsive waste of the taxpayers' resources. Taking action is never easy, and always will be an uphill struggle; this is why citizens must stand up for their right to vote. Every day that Congress is not actively working towards a new formula is a day that some states are working to undermine the rights of their citizens. It has to stop now. Congress must act.<\/p><p>Help us take back our democracy--sign our photo petition today.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Ben Gramling<\/strong> is a rising junior at St. Mary's College of Maryland majoring in Psychology. 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