Dear Friend,

This is a recipe for disaster: Republican-led states are waging a war on
voting rights, and we’re running out of the resources we need to fight
back.

Republican-led states have passed more than 360 bills to make voting more
difficult.^1 And now that the census has been published, many of these
right-wing extremists will use gerrymandering to redraw voting districts
and try to guarantee themselves a majority to block a progressive agenda
for years to come.^2

Demand Progress is mobilizing the grassroots, urging Congress to end the
filibuster and pass H.R. 1 to reverse these attacks on voting rights. But
our donations have fallen off—even as this work to protect democracy is
more important than ever before. This is a crucial moment. If we don’t
pick up the pace, Mitch McConnell and his fellow extremists may succeed in
undermining our democracy.

[ [link removed] ]This is why we're writing to you urgently today: Will you rush a
donation to help fight the extremists and protect our right to vote?

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The federal government could put a stop to these anti-democratic bills
being passed in the states. But the filibuster is allowing Mitch McConnell
to block any legislation, including H.R. 1. —even though a full 68 percent
of voters want to see this legislation enacted.^3

We need to act boldly—and quickly—to pass major reforms to protect voting
rights and take on corporate lobbyists. But our online donations are down
thirty percent from where they were this time last year.

The far right isn’t far away. The Senate is still split 50–50, the House
is closely split, too, and there’s a 6–3 right-wing majority on the
Supreme Court. Even as President Biden lays out a more progressive agenda,
his opponents are mobilizing in the states to undermine voting rights as
one way to stop that agenda from becoming law.

Friend, this is the worst possible time to be experiencing a
fundraising shortfall. We can't keep up our fight to end the filibuster,
pass H.R. 1, and protect our very democracy from authoritarianism without
your help.

[ [link removed] ]Will you chip in right now to power our campaign to protect our
democracy, so we can finally pass bold, progressive policy?

Thanks for standing with us.

Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress

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Sources:

1. Mother Jones, "361 Voter Suppression Bills Have Already Been Introduced
This Year," [ [link removed] ]April 1, 2021
2. MSNBC, "'Acquisition and retention of illegitimate power’: AG Holder on
GOP gerrymanderings," [ [link removed] ]April 26, 2021
3. Newsweek, "As GOP Opposes H.R. 1, Poll Finds Majority of Republicans
Support Election Reform Bill," [ [link removed] ]February 25, 2021
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