[Archangel Raphael List] Fwd: Thank you for signing the "Protect the Voting Rights of Egyptians Abroad!" petition

[athanasiuskaldas]

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From: SignOn <signon at signon.org>
Date: Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 9:10 AM
Subject: Thank you for signing the "Protect the Voting Rights of Egyptians
Abroad!" petition
To: Athanasius Kaldas <Athanasiuskaldas at gmail.com>



Thank you for signing my petition, *Protect the Voting Rights of Egyptians
Abroad!.*

To really make a difference, we need a lot more people to join in. Can you
share this petition with all your friends?

Click here to share it on Facebook:

Share on Facebook<http://www.signon.org/fb_share?user_id=1795614&petition_id=8822&source=s.fb.ty&medium=email&mailing=thank_you>

Then, forward the email below to everyone you know.

Thanks!

—Egyptian Community in USA


Here's a sample message to send to your friends:

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Hi,

We are expressing our strong opposition to the disenfranchisement of
Egyptian voters abroad in the lead-up to the parliamentary vote on Monday,
November 28.
In response to a lawsuit filed by Egyptians abroad, the Egyptian
Administrative Court ruled on October 25, 2011 that Egyptian citizens
living overseas have the right to vote in parliamentary elections. The
court’s decision affirmed the basic civil right of Egyptians abroad to
participate in Egyptian electoral politics as full and equal members of
Egyptian society. It was a first for Egypt’s 7 to 10 million Egyptian
citizens living abroad, and winning this right was a key demand of
protesters in Tahrir.




That's why I signed a petition to Mr. Sameh Shoukry - Egyptian Ambassador
to US and Mr. Alaa Eissa, which says:

"Protect the Voting Rights of Egyptians Abroad!
We are expressing our strong opposition to the disenfranchisement of
Egyptian voters abroad in the lead-up to the parliamentary vote on Monday,
November 28.
In response to a lawsuit filed by Egyptians abroad, the Egyptian
Administrative Court ruled on October 25, 2011 that Egyptian citizens
living overseas have the right to vote in parliamentary elections. The
court’s decision affirmed the basic civil right of Egyptians abroad to
participate in Egyptian electoral politics as full and equal members of
Egyptian society. It was a first for Egypt’s 7 to 10 million Egyptian
citizens living abroad, and winning this right was a key demand of
protesters in Tahrir.
Rather than work dutifully to enforce this right, however, the Egyptian
government conducted the registration and election process in a way that
effectively excluded millions of Egyptians abroad eligible to vote.
We call upon you to correct this disenfra nchisement by
1) reopening the registration process for Egyptians abroad to give more
time for them to register their place of residency,
2) extending the time allowed for voters to send their ballots to their
embassies to accommodate weekends and holidays in their respective country
of residence, and
3) ensuring that the website is robust, updated and capable of handling
large volume of users.
Whether government officials incompetently carried out their
responsibilities to protect the right of Egyptians overseas to vote or
deliberately erected barriers to their participation, we cannot say at this
point. We do know that the chairman of the High Commission of Elections,
the military council (SCAF), the Prime Minister and the Minister of
Interior all had opposed granting Egyptians abroad the right to vote in
this fall’s parliamentary elections.
We must ensure that the most fundamental civil right of Egyptians abroad is
protected and that every vote counts equally. We urge you to do all that
you can to uphold the right of Egyptians abroad to vote in parliamentary
elections so that the new, democratic election system that all patriotic
Egyptians seek becomes a reality.

"

Will you sign the petition too? Click here to add your name:

http://signon.org/sign/protect-the-voting-rights?source=s.fwd&r_by=1795614

Thanks!

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