Dear Friend,

Donald Trump just called vote-by-mail “horrible” and “corrupt.”

Then Trump said it should only be allowed for certain groups, such as
senior citizens and the military—which would discriminate against millions
of voters and force them to risk their health to make their voices
heard.^1

Our only chance for a free and fair election in November is if we all have
access to vote-by-mail. Will you donate to help call on Congress to pass a
national vote-by-mail law NOW?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I’ll donate $5 to help protect our right to vote
with a national mail-in ballot law.

Last week, people in Wisconsin had to risk their health to vote in person
at the polls, waiting in line for hours and forgoing the social distancing
recommended by the CDC.^2

Just under 19,000 people were able to cast their vote in Milwaukee, a city
of half a million.^3 More than 1.3 million people requested absentee
ballots, but many didn’t receive them on time.^4 Hundreds of thousands of
people’s voices won’t be heard in the primary.

If Congress doesn’t pass national vote-by-mail, much of the country can
see a similar fiasco in November.

Some states, like Colorado and Washington, already have successful
vote-by-mail programs in place, while others, including swing states Ohio
and Florida, don’t. Some states bar residents from voting by absentee
ballot unless they can prove they will be away on Election Day or have a
disability.^5

Voting by mail has historically had bipartisan support. But now Trump and
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are trying to block a vote-by-mail
law ahead of the November election, despite the possibility for chaos and
votes to be suppressed.

Vote-by-mail is the best way to guarantee that every voter can cast a
ballot safely in November, and we need to make a national mail-in ballot
law happen now, while Congress is passing stimulus legislation. We’re
helping tens of thousands of people email Congress to ask for
vote-by-mail, and we’re publicly calling out members of Congress who try
to block this critical legislation.

[ [link removed] ]Will you donate $5 to help pass vote-by-mail legislation
to protect our civic rights in November?

Thanks for standing with us.

Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress

[ [link removed] ]DONATE

Sources:
1. New York Magazine, "Trump: Absentee Voting Is Fraud Unless It’s My
Supporters," [ [link removed] ]April 9, 2020
2. The New York Times, "Wisconsin Primary Recap: Voters Forced to Choose
Between Their Health and Their Civic Duty," [ [link removed] ]April 7, 2020 
3. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Election day blog recap: Milwaukee
releases Tuesday's voter turnout; late lines after polls closed," [ [link removed] ]April
8, 2020 
4. The New York Times, "Wisconsin Primary Recap: Voters Forced to Choose
Between Their Health and Their Civic Duty," [ [link removed] ]April 7, 2020
5. The Wall Street Journal, "Democrats Push for Voting by Mail Amid
Coronavirus Pandemic," [ [link removed] ]April 1, 2020
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