Dear MoveOn member,

Our democracy is under attack.

Last night, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to allow Wisconsin to nullify
tens of thousands of votes in their primary today for voters who were
operating on a previously announced extended deadline to submit ballots
due to the coronavirus pandemic.^1

This comes on the heels of Wisconsin's conservative legislature and state
Supreme Court overruling an attempt by the Democratic governor to delay
today's primary—as so many other states have already done—to protect
public safety and election integrity during the pandemic.^2

In her dissenting opinion of the Supreme Court's decision, Justice Ruth
Bader Ginsburg said this move "boggles the mind."^3

Today, hundreds of thousands of people in Wisconsin are being forced to
choose between risking their lives and the lives of their families by
circumventing social distancing orders and going to one of few in-person
voting locations or lose their ability to vote altogether. This is not a
free and fair election.

Frighteningly, if, as Dr. Anthony Fauci predicts, the virus is not
contained by the fall, it is the same reality hundreds of millions of us
could face on November 3.^4



[ [link removed] ]This is unacceptable, and we have to do something about it. MoveOn is
launching a campaign to demand that Congress provide $2 billion in funding
for states to expand their vote-by-mail programs, and an additional $2
billion to protect in-person voting locations in the general election.
Will you rush a donation of $3 now?



While 15 states have already moved their primaries to protect public
health, the decision from Wisconsin should send chills down your spine and
serve as a bellwether of things to come.^5

Why? Because the reason that the Republican-held legislature and
Republican-held state Supreme Court didn't want to move today's primary is
this: They know that the lower the turnout, the better their chances of
winning key elections.

Donald Trump himself said it recently: If voting is protected, made
easier, and turnout is increased, "you'd never have a Republican elected
in this country again."^6

Wisconsin is a critical battleground state in the presidential election,
and if this decision remains in the fall and is copied by other
battleground states like North Carolina, Arizona, and Florida, Trump could
easily walk into another victory.

We cannot let that happen. That's why we are quickly spinning up a
campaign to flood Congress with calls and place ads in key districts and
states demanding that the next stimulus bill include $4 billion in aid to
states to expand vote-by-mail, while also protecting in-person voting, an
expansion of early voting, and measures to protect against purging voters
from the rolls.

Democrats are planning to fight for such measures, but Trump has already
said he will do what he can to block them.



[ [link removed] ]The future of our country is on the line, John. Will you
chip in $3 now?



During this crisis, Trump has failed at every turn to protect us, instead
focusing on his television ratings, poll numbers, and the wallets of his
rich friends and donors.

We absolutely cannot allow him to capitalize on a deadly pandemic to steal
November's election. Our country will not survive another four years of
him in office.



[ [link removed] ]John, please, help us demand that Congress move immediately
to protect and expand access to voting by chipping in $3 to
our campaign.



Thanks for all you do.

–Chris, Dan, Sana, Emma, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "By a 5–4 Vote, SCOTUS Lets Wisconsin Throw Out Tens of Thousands of
Ballots," Slate, April 6, 2020
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2. Ibid.

3. Ibid.

4. "The Coronavirus Will Return In The Fall, Fauci Predicts, But The U.S.
Will Be Better Prepared," Forbes, March 30, 2020
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5. "15 States Have Postponed Their Primaries Because of Coronavirus.
Here’s a List." The New York Times, April 6, 2020
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6. "Trump says Republicans would 'never' be elected again if it was easier
to vote," The Guardian, March 30, 2020
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