L.A. Civil Rights Leaders Call on L.A. City Officials to Challenge Congress to Fight Voter Suppression Call Comes on the Anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act

Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable

 National Action Network Western Regional Office

August 5, 2021

For Immediate Release

Contact: Earl Ofari Hutchinson 323-383-6145

National Action Network Western Regional Office 323.521.3477

Press Conference

When: Friday August 6, 12:30 PM

Where: National Action Network Western Regional Office

2828 W. Jefferson, Bl. L.A. 90018

L.A. Civil Rights Leaders Call on L.A. City Officials to Challenge Congress to Fight Voter Suppression

Call Comes on the Anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act

Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson and Western Regional Director National Action Network Rev. Jonathan Moseley, will hold a press conference Friday, August 6 at 12:30 PM calling on L.A. City officials to aggressively fight voter suppression. The call will be made on the date, August 6, that the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Acts was signed in to law.

Hutchinson will also giveaway copies to the public of his organization’s book on the fight against voter suppression, Bring Back the Poll Tax!–The GOP War on Voting Rights “The 1965 Voting Rights Act is under severe attack and is being eroded at every turn,” says Hutchinson and Moseley,” L.A. city officials must make their voices heard in fighting the attack. The gut of the Voting Rights Act ultimately will have a huge negative impact on Black and Hispanic voters in Los Angeles and California.”