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In April, we told you that The Brennan Center was tracking the 361 anti-voting bills in state legislatures all across the country. Now, a new report by FiveThirtyEight says that number is likely to be as high as 404 -- and voter suppression bills have been introduced in every single one of our target states. It’s obvious: partisan politicians think they cannot win elections fairly, so they are creating intentional errors in the system to undermine our democracy by any means necessary. Even if it means making voting in the next elections as inconvenient, cumbersome, and difficult as humanly possible, or undemocratically gerrymandering our maps during the redistricting process this year. In the next round of elections, voters should be able to elect fair minded leaders who listen to their concerns instead of partisan politicians who make it harder for voters to access the ballot box. Fair maps and fair elections would help make that a reality. The All On The Line team is executing a state-by-state strategy to achieve fair maps this year and is running a grassroots advocacy campaign to pass legislation to protect the right to vote and end partisan congressional gerrymandering. Our work is expensive, but is necessary now more than ever as we face new threats to the right to vote. Can we count on you to pitch in right now and help us reach our end-of-month deadline on Monday at midnight to raise $24,000?
-- The AOTL team
All On The Line is the grassroots advocacy campaign supported by the National Redistricting Action Fund. Support our work to end gerrymandering.
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