G. K. Butterfield: “I am going to ask unanimous consent to have this letter dated November 18th, 2011, included in the record.”

In conclusion, our democracy works best when every voter can make their voice heard.

The ability to cast a ballot free of undue burden and discrimination is the cornerstone of our participatory democracy.

We took the case into Federal court, and the lower Federal courts ruled in our favor and ruled that the State legislature engaged in partisan gerrymandering and that it was a violation of the Federal Constitution.

The Voting Rights Act has transformed American politics and we are on a good trajectory.