john,

58 years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law.

This law changed the landscape of American democracy, helped strike down Jim Crow laws throughout the South, and enforced the right to vote that had been constitutionally guaranteed nearly a century earlier — a guarantee that had been perpetually undermined by decades of white supremacist violence and intimidation.

These days, the Voting Rights Act is not the same as the landmark bill President Johnson signed in 1965. It has been gutted, undermined, and broken by a string of decisions made by a conservative majority on the Supreme Court. Just recently, House Republicans introduced the misleadingly titled American Confidence in Elections Act, which would restrict ballot access.

john, the fight to protect voting rights is far from over. We need to seize every opportunity to protect and expand voting rights for every American. We should be working to make voting easier and more accessible — not more difficult.

In the spirit of the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the legacy of the activists that fought for this legislation, I’m committed to passing legislation to defend ballot access and fair district maps for years to come. Please join me in this pledge by adding your name today.

For the sake of our democracy and our shared values, we need to do all that we can to protect voting rights. Thank you for joining me in this mission.

— Tina