A new message from your friends at People For the American Way.

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People For Member,

The New York Times reports:

“Donald Trump is no longer center stage. But many conservative activists
are finding that the best way to raise money and keep voters engaged is to
make his biggest fabrication their top priority.”

And the Right Wing isn’t just using Trump’s Big Lie of ‘voter fraud’ in
the 2020 election to mobilize their base … they’re using it as the basis
for an all-out assault on the right to vote, trying to shut down access to
the ballot for millions of Americans, especially Black and brown voters,
in order to rig the electoral playing field to their advantage.

Meanwhile, they’re also waging an incredibly well funded campaign against
our #1 BEST SHOT to stop their attacks on voting: the For the People Act.

The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School is tracking the Right’s
voter suppression efforts and notes that “as of February 19, more than 253
bills restricting voting access had been carried over, prefiled, or
introduced in 43 states, and the number is rising.” ^[ [link removed] ]

And after analyzing each of these voter suppression bills in the states,
Brennan concludes that “the For the People Act (H.R. 1/S. 1) would thwart
virtually every single one”!!! ^[ [link removed] ]

Will you help mobilize maximum pressure on the ground and on the air in
key Senate target states, in the media, and online to PASS the For the
People Act and save our democracy?



[2]Renew for 2021 with a donation now to pass the For the People Act in
the Senate and seize this once-in-a-generation chance to shore up our
democracy and protect the right to vote! The fairness of every future
election depends on it!>>



From the Heritage Foundation to radical Religious Right groups like the
Family Research Council and the Susan B. Anthony List, the Right has come
out swinging against the For the People Act.

The notorious Koch-founded “astroturf” group Freedomworks, which fueled
the Tea Party, has started a new “multi-million dollar National Election
Protection Initiative” to fight back against our efforts. And to head it,
they hired the Trump lawyer who took part in the infamous call in which
Trump threatened and badgered Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad
Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to reverse the election results in
that state! ^[ [link removed] ]

“Written in hell by the devil himself” is how far-right Senator Mike Lee
of Utah described the For the People Act – resorting to over-the-top
rhetoric to attack as evil a bill that simply aims to protect voting
rights, stop extreme partisan gerrymandering, place common-sense limits on
Big Money in politics, and prevent corruption by strengthening ethics
rules.

Recent polling from Data for Progress shows just how out-of-touch the
Right’s attacks are: 68 percent of likely voters support the bill, while
only 16 percent oppose it – a remarkable 52-percent approval margin, which
cuts across party lines and even includes a staggering 57 percent support
from Republican voters! ^[ [link removed] ]

The only explanation for the Right’s radical opposition to an
overwhelmingly popular bill is that they fear fair elections.



[ [link removed] ]If you agree that allowing eligible voters to exercise their rights and
participate in our democracy should not be a partisan issue … that the
People – not wealthy special interests or politicians who rig the playing
field – deserve to choose our leaders … then please chip in immediately to
pass the historic For the People Act.

[ [link removed] ]Donate now>>



Thank you for everything you do to defend democracy.

-- Ben Betz, Digital & Organizing



[ [link removed] ]donate:



 

 

Sources:

1. The Brennan Center, [ [link removed] ]State Voting Bills Tracker 2021

2. The Brennan Center, [ [link removed] ]Congress Could Change Everything

3. Right Wing Watch, "[ [link removed] ]New Right-Wing ‘Election Integrity’ Project Is
Chaired by Attorney Who Helped Trump Badger Georgia’s Secretary of State",
March 15, 2021

4. Crooked Media, "[ [link removed] ]The For the People Act Is Popular, Pass It Right
Away", February 25, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 


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