John,
2020 has gone very differently than any of us expected, but that hasn’t
stopped the anti-corruption movement from rising to the moment to win the
most vital campaigns across America.
Here’s what you have made possible:
Making sure all Americans can vote safely
Americans shouldn’t have to choose between their health and their right to
vote — but that’s exactly what happened in some early primaries.
In Wisconsin, where vote by mail options are not available to all voters,
Americans lined up for hours at crowded polling stations and dozens of
people contracted COVID as a result.
Vote by Mail is safe, doesn't advantage one party over another, and is
proven^1 to be more fraud-proof than voting in person. But misinformation
is everywhere – even the President has shared false information about vote
by mail. That’s why we launched VoteSafe, and in a stunning development,
[ [link removed] ]Twitter this week introduced a feature to fact-check misinformation
about Vote by Mail.
To protect our fundamental right to vote safely, RepresentUs:
* [ [link removed] ]Launched VoteSafe. Chaired by Former Homeland Security Secretary
Tom Ridge and Former PA Governor Jennifer Granholm, and endorsed by
dozens of leading civic organizations, plus Republican and Democratic
election officials.
* [ [link removed] ]Created a critical resource to help voters find the Vote by Mail
options in their state.
* Drove 7,500 of us to contact our election officials demanding expanded
absentee ballot options. And now they're available to all voters in 45
states!
* [ [link removed] ]Released this short, entertaining animated video to make sure
everyone knows the truth about Vote by Mail.
We’re just getting started, and we have so much more to do before this
November's election.
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Fighting to win state campaigns in 2020
In Missouri, we fought back against an outrageous plan from politicians.
Lawmakers, upset about the anti-gerrymandering law passed by voters in
2018, are attempting to undo it. Their plan? Put an amendment on the
ballot to bring gerrymandering back to Missouri.
We called thousands of MO voters to tell them about this shady plan and
urge them to stop it. The pro-gerrymandering plan will go to the
ballot — and you can bet your American flag we’re fighting to reject this
shocking power-grab.
Massachusetts volunteers gathered over 17,000 signatures to get Ranked
Choice Voting on the ballot to put more power in the hands of the people.
This is phenomenal news — but we're not done yet. The campaign has a goal
of collecting 25,000 digital signatures before June 12th in order to
qualify for the ballot. [ [link removed] ]If you know anyone in Massachusetts, please ask
them to sign!
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Learning From the Experts on Unrig Roundtable
Our Unrig Roundtable series brought elected officials, activists and
academics together to discuss some of the most pressing issues affecting
our political system.
The 3-episode series tackled Vote by Mail, digital warfare, and spoke to
young activists. [ [link removed] ]You can watch recordings of all three events and share
them with your networks here.
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It’s not clear what the “new normal” will look like over the next few
months, but we do know that there is plenty of work for us to do
together.
If you're ready to help fuel more victories, you can start now by
joining [ [link removed] ]The Common Wealth with a monthly donation, or [ [link removed] ]joining our
volunteer network to get connected with RepresentUs volunteers and
campaigns across America.
Thank you for all that you're doing to fix our political system,
Jen Johnson
[12]Jen Movement Director
RepresentUs
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