AADT asks us not to let up. Please see the 3 steps that you can take to fight the passage of the proposed Voter ID bill! 

Dear Asian American Democrats of Texas Members, Supporters, and Friends,

In the last few weeks many of you have received emails from us (AADT) and the Texas Democratic Party about Rep. Betty Brown's unfortunate comments about Asian American voters.
 
When presented with testimony concerning potential challenges faced by Chinese Americans under the proposed Voter ID bill, Brown stated: "Rather than everyone having to learn Chinese - I understand it's a rather difficult language - do you think that it would behoove you and your citizens to adopt a name that we could deal with more readily here?"

Many of you contacted Rep. Brown directly and AADT collected your names on a petition which we sent to her office. Many national Asian American leaders and organizations also condemned her statements. As a result, Rep. Brown finally issued an apology.

But our work is not done!

AADT is now focusing our efforts on mobilizing our community against the various Voter ID bills that have been filed in the Texas House of Representatives. We expect several versions of the Voter ID bills to get out of committee this week and to go the House floor. That is where we have the opportunity to make the most impact. The Texas legislature needs to hear from the Asian American community!

To that end, we are asking you to do the following:

1. If you live in Texas, please call or email your legislator and ask him/her to vote against the Voter ID bills. Visit www.aadt.us to find your legislator, and for talking points, resources and updates on the bills.

2. If you do NOT live in Texas, but you want to help us out, please email vote@txdemocrats.org to access  call lists of Asian American voters in Texas in a targeted legislative district. You'll get talking points and materials to help educate Asian Texans about the bill.

3. If you don't have time to make calls, help us reach more voters through paid voter outreach targeting Asian Texans. Visit our Act Blue page, at www.aadt.us and give at any level you can. Your contribution will go directly to the Voter ID education effort!

And if you haven't become a Member of the Asian American Democrats of Texas, please become one today! Membership only costs $20! Your contributions support outreach efforts to the Asian American community, advocacy on behalf of the community, and the work we do to support Asian American candidates.  

If you would like to get more information about our efforts against on the Voter ID Bill, please contact AADT Vice President Mini Timmaraju on mini.timmaraju@gmail.com or (832) 452-7038

With warm regards,

AJ Durrani,
President AADT

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About AADT:
Founded in 1990, Asian American Democrats of Texas serves as a link between the Asian American community, the Texas Democratic Party, and the larger political community both locally and nationally. We are also a registered political action committee registered with the Texas Ethics Commission.  

We invite you to join us in our activities as we organize for the future!