The single greatest thing we can do to address these threats is pass the For the People Act -- one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation since 1965. It would stop some voter suppression bills from becoming law, eliminate others already on the books, and increase access to the ballot box.
Will you support All On The Line's multistate grassroots advocacy efforts to connect voters with their senators and help get this bill to the president's desk?
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The latest efforts to suppress the vote are just a last-ditch attempt to unfairly hold onto power -- by a party that's already undemocratically overrepresented in our political system.
You can turn to Georgia to see how afraid far-right politicians have become of their own voters. This week, the Republican-controlled state Senate voted to repeal no-excuse absentee voting -- a process used by 1.3 million voters in the 2020 election.
Look further west and you can see the nefarious practice of voter purges reigniting in Republican state houses like Arizona's. One bill would strike 200,000 voters from the list that automatically receives absentee ballots, including 7% of the state's Latinx population.
Friend, what we're seeing is a coordinated attack on voting rights that is unprecedented since the days of Jim Crow. The good news is that the U.S. House passed the For the People Act last week. But the work isn't done. Now the Senate must immediately pass this bill.
Can I count on you to help make sure the All On The Line movement can launch national advocacy efforts to help get this bill signed into law?
Each of the 253 voter restriction bills serve as a clear reminder why the Senate must act swiftly and pass the For the People Act.
In the last Congress, a similar version of this bill never reached the Senate floor. This time around, the All On The Line team is gearing up to gain support from key senators to make sure this bill is passed into law. And grassroots supporters like you will help make that possible.
Grateful you're fighting alongside us,
Eric H. Holder, Jr.