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This complaint is not shocking. The system is not supposed to work, it is meant to fail on purpose. We all know mail-in ballots lean heavily Democratic. It’s no surprise that the USPS software’s “flaw” just so happens to be mass rejection of ballots over a single error.
Democrats have built our entire turnout operation around early and mail-in voting. We identify our voters, we knock on their doors, we call them, we get them to bank their ballot early. Once they vote, we move on to the next name on the list. It’s incredibly effective at boosting turnout.
Republicans do the opposite. They wait until Election Day. That is why 2020 produced the "red mirage," Trump's early lead built on in-person votes, before Democrats surged ahead once mail-in ballots got counted.
Trump wants to break our best organizing tool and force Democrats to vote in person on Election Day, all while threatening to deploy ICE and the National Guard at polling locations and flooding the polls with over a thousand DOJ "election monitors" to intimidate voters and suppress turnout.
There is no doubt what Trump is trying to implement is unconstitutional. But with MAGA extremists controlling the Supreme Court, that may not matter. We just watched them gut the Voting Rights Act. We cannot rely on them saving us here.
That’s why Defend Our Courts is preparing an emergency GOTV fund. On top of the budget already set aside for the next two months, we need a sizable reserve on hand so we can adapt our organizing strategy at a moment's notice.
We think Democrats everywhere need to be ready for the worst case scenario. Voters don't just need a plan to vote in this election, they need a backup plan too. If you typically vote by mail, be prepared to vote in person if it comes to that. That's what our emergency GOTV fund is for, to rapidly respond and get voters the information they need the moment things go south.
And it’s why we're asking Democrats everywhere to pitch in to help fund it: John, free and fair elections are under attack. Will you join the over 100,000 Democrats who have joined our cause by rushing a contribution of $50, $25, or whatever you can spare to help us fund our emergency GOTV fund?
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