John,
Trump allies are trying to pressure an independent government board—the Election Assistance Commission (EAC)—into enacting a new voter suppression policy. The proposal comes from America First Legal, a right-wing organization founded by MAGA extremist Stephen Miller.
The proposal would force Americans to show specific, costly, hard-to-access documents like passports before registering to vote. An estimated 21 million Americans could be disenfranchised, particularly rural Americans, students, women, and communities of color.
This is an attempt to subvert our democracy by suppressing the vote. We need to make it clear that we won’t accept any policy restricting our constitutional right to vote.
Right now, the EAC is taking public comments to gather input on whether they should adopt this anti-voter initiative. They need to hear from our movement about how damaging this policy would be before they make their decision.
Please take a minute to leave your comment and speak out against this proposed barrier to voter registration. You can use the template below — or personalize it (that helps!):