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

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People For Member,

Our entire democracy is now at risk. That’s the stark warning in a new
letter signed by over 100 scholars of democracy urging Congress to act
save our democracy.^[ [link removed] ]

Angered over Trump’s 2020 election loss, Far Right legislators in 48
states have introduced at least 389 bills that seek to restrict the right
to vote – and several of them have already been signed into law in key
states.

A vote on S.1, the For the People Act, a bill that would neutralize these
state bills attacking our democracy, is imminent this month and we will be
joining with allies to deliver hundreds of thousands of petition
signatures from people like you to the Senate ON WEDNESDAY, urging them to
pass the bill. With your help, hopefully we can get to half a million
signatures!

Please add your name right now: [1]Sign the petition now and demand that
the Senate act NOW to save our democracy – tell your senators to end the
filibuster and PASS S.1, the For the People Act! >>

The overwhelmingly popular For the People Act has already passed in the
House of Representatives as H.R.1 and we can't let it get blocked by
filibuster in the Senate by Mitch McConnell and the Far Right, who see
voter suppression as their only path to political power.

In addition to protecting the freedom to vote, the For the People Act
would block the gerrymandering -- another form of voter suppression --
that the Far Right also wants to use to take back control of Congress, it
would rein in Big Money in politics and stop billionaires and corporate
special interests from buying our elections, and it would strengthen
ethics rules to defend against corruption.

These are the reforms that will bring our democracy back from life support
and strengthen it for generations to come.

We cannot become complacent at such a pivotal time in our nation’s
history. President Biden recently said he's ready to use every tool at his
disposal to help move this bill ... and with every new state legislative
attack on the right to vote and the fairness of our elections, the
national grassroots groundswell grows for passage of the For the People
Act. It's time for ALL of us to act NOW to save our democracy.

[ [link removed] ]Add you name to pass the For the People Act>>

[ [link removed] ]“The threat is genuine and it is in front of us. We cannot let this moment
pass. If we fail at this, we don’t just fail for a few years. We fail for
decades, for centuries - we fail our democracy.” Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
on the significance of passing the For the People Act

The threats to our democracy are real and growing. Unless we speak – and
act – forcefully against Trump’s Big Lie, our vote, our elections, and
indeed our democracy itself is at risk.

[ [link removed] ]Urge the Senate to act IMMEDIATELY to save our democracy >>

Thanks for all that you do,

Zach, People For the American Way

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[1] [ [link removed] ]"A frantic warning from 100 leading experts: Our democracy is in
grave danger" The Washington Post, 6/1/21

 

 

 

 


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