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DC Vote Supports Bills Providing Full Democracy To DC
For more information contact: James Jones, Communications Director
202.462.6000 x12 office / 202.557.4864 mobile / jjones@dcvote.org
January 13, 2011
DC Vote supports DC's Delegate to Congress, Eleanor Holmes Norton, in introducing bills yesterday that will provide
full democracy for the District of Columbia. We stand with Delegate Norton in continuing to fight for DC despite the adversity
we now face in the House of Representatives, made plain in its first vote to deny DC even the small voting privilege it had
previously enjoyed.
The bills introduced come directly from Del. Norton's coversations with the tax-paying residents of Washington, DC, who strongly favor autonomy rather than retrocession to Maryland. We echo Del. Norton's assertion that this solution is also
unpopular in Maryland, and "it is inconsistent with the District's pursuit of self-determination to impose upon another jurisdiction
without consent from that jurisdiction." DC Vote's members, staff, supporters and coalition partners will continue to fight until
DC residents are afforded their full rights as American citizens.
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