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BIG NEWS: We just
passed open primaries through the New Mexico legislature! Over 330,000
independents are only a Governor's signature away from
voting.
We are on the verge of a huge win
not only for the voters of New Mexico but for the national movement of
Americans standing up to the status quo and demanding fair and equal
voting rights for all voters. But this didn’t happen
overnight.
We put in the work and it paid
off.
Ten years ago, when national
funders and organizations said “you can’t pass primary reform through
a state legislature,” we started building in state legislatures across
the country. We helped draft bills, educate lawmakers, develop local
leadership and organize voters. We passed open primaries through the
first legislature in 2022 in Maine. Now it’s New Mexico. Tomorrow,
perhaps Pennsylvania.
Our strategy is both simple and
difficult. We build. We engage
in multi-year collaborative
campaigns with local leaders, elected officials, civic groups, party
leaders, editorial boards, journalists, and citizens to champion the
right of all voters to participate in primaries. We’ve partnered on
every successful primary reform campaign over the last fifteen
years.
Our strategy consists of two overarching truths: invest in
people, not policies AND No one size fits all-every state is
different.
We believe the most important
question to ask of every potential campaign is –what do the voters themselves
want? Because of our
approach, millions of voters have won the right to a meaningful
vote.
This year we’ve got budding
campaigns in Oklahoma, New York, Pennsylvania and beyond. We’re
building national organizing, education and litigation strategies
which all need resources and attention.
In order for us to meet this moment–we
need your help in a major way.
That’s why we’re asking you for two
things:
Make
a gift to our annual fundraising campaign. We need to raise $750,000 by 4/18 to go
directly towards our advocacy work helping develop, grow and push
forward these state campaigns:
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