This is time for change in Washington. Not just in Washington, the capital, but in Washington, DC, the city. This is the moment to finally bring 580,000 Washingtonians into our democracy.
The DC Voting Rights bill has demonstrated majority support in both the House and Senate. In the Senate, where it was stalled by a filibuster, there may now be up to 64 votes - more than enough to break a filibuster.
Congress needs to bring this issue to a vote. The new Obama White House needs to tell Congress this is a priority.
A symbolic step by the new president would be make sure his presidential limousine has the real DC license plate (pictured), not the generic plates Bush ordered.
Barack Obama knows the right thing to do. As Senator, he said:
"As a community organizer in Chicago and as a civil rights attorney, I learned that disenfranchisement can lead to disengagement from our political system," he said. "In many parts of D.C., you can look down the street and see the dome of the U.S. Capitol. Yet so many of these streets couldn't be more disconnected from their government."
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