John,
Across the country, we are seeing with our own eyes how all levels of government work to deny people the opportunity to exercise their constitutional right to vote.
Earlier this month in Georgia, voters in predominantly Black neighborhoods faced hours-long lines and broken voting machines in order to cast their ballot in Georgia’s primary. In Kentucky’s primary today, there is only one polling place for the nearly 600,000 residents of Louisville -- home to the largest share of Black voters in the state.
Today we are launching our Protect America’s Vote campaign. Voter suppression is real, and we need to fight it on all fronts.
Our campaign is focused on defeating voter suppression everywhere. For example, we’re working to increase access through registering new voters and expanding Vote at Home by mail in as many states as possible (and nationwide in Congress). We’re supporting voters with the information they need to apply for ballots, turn them in by the deadlines, and find their polling place should they still need to vote in person. We’re partnering with our candidates to build voter protection teams that monitor site workers and assist voters in long lines providing water, snacks and even holding a place in line for bathroom breaks.
While we continue to fight everywhere nationwide, our Protect America’s Vote campaign focuses on 13 target states critical to defeating Trump and flipping the U.S. Senate.
That brings me to Stacey Abrams’ new book, Our Time is Now. In it, Stacey provides a roadmap to voter protection and what we need to do to save democracy. Stacey has spent her career fighting to defend the right to vote and defeat voter suppression.
Now, you can receive Stacey’s new book as a FREE gift with a contribution of $39 or more supporting our Protect America’s Vote campaign. Stacey’s book is hard to get right now, selling out across the country, but we’ve got it -- as long as you hurry while supplies last!
In this book, Stacey Abrams lays out a plan to end voter suppression and take our country back. She’s seen voter suppression in practice up close, and she knows what is required to defeat it.
With President Donald Trump threatening our ability to conduct elections by mail and Republicans in state governments across the country actively working to deny people the opportunity to vote, there has never been a more important time to educate ourselves on this fight.
Make a contribution to support DFA’s Protect America’s Vote campaign, and we’ll send you a copy of Stacey Abrams’ new book for free!
DFA’s Protect the Vote campaign is a joint project with our candidates and with our progressive partners at Credo Mobile, Black Voters Matter, and Vote.org.
The Protect America’s Vote campaign aims to stop Republican efforts to suppress the vote completely in as many places as possible. Where we can’t stop it, the campaign will work to reduce the impact through direct support and creative actions.
We will register, engage, turn-out, and protect voters in the wake of the unique challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis during the most important election of our lifetimes.
As we roll out tactics and actions over the next several months leading up to GOTV and Election Day, you can be sure our campaign is building on what Stacey lays out in the book. That’s one of the reasons we felt you should get a chance to read it.
We can do this, but Our Time is Now to make it happen. Support DFA and get Stacey’s book free as our gift. Contribute now.
This election will test our democracy and we will rise to the challenge, protect America’s vote, defeat Donald Trump and win elections up and down the ballot nationwide.
Thank you in advance for supporting our campaign to Protect America’s Vote. We’ll succeed because we’re in this together and will never stop working to win.
- Charles
Charles Chamberlain, Chair
Democracy for America
