Hi,

[ [link removed] ]Texas Democrats stood up for voting rights. Will you tell Senators to
do the same?

As America observes Juneteenth this weekend, we celebrate the end of
slavery -- and remember the work that remains to be done for racial
justice. That includes voting rights.

Republicans in Texas tried to pass some of the most restrictive voter
suppression laws in the country. Democrats bravely blocked the vote by
walking out of the statehouse.^1 

Texas Democrats then pleaded with Congress to step in and help protect
their right to vote. But when they met with the Senate Democratic caucus
this week, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema weren't even in the room.^2

Senators like Joe Manchin cannot be allowed to singlehandedly block voting
rights bills, especially when Republicans in the states are doing
everything they can to restrict the right and ability to vote. It's time
other Senators stood up and pledged to end the filibuster and pass voting
rights legislation. Now. 

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Tell Senators to end the filibuster and protect
voting rights across America.

ADD YOUR NAME

Republican legislators and governors have made themselves clear: they will
do whatever it takes to win elections, even if that means destroying our
elections. We need to fight back: it's time to pass the For the People Act
and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.

Joe Manchin is putting deals with Republicans above racial justice and
voting rights. And Senate Republicans have already made it clear they
don't want to pass these bills anyway.

One way we can overcome this obstacle is to get other Senators to speak
out loudly against the filibuster and for voting rights legislation. But
they won't do that without hearing from constituents like yourself. Can
you add your name now in this critical moment when the future of our
democracy hangs in the balance?

[ [link removed] ]Tell Senators: Abolish the filibuster and pass voting rights
legislation!

Thanks for taking action,

Tal and the team at Demand Progress

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Sources:
1. NPR, "Texas Governor Threatens No Pay After Democrats Stage a Walkout,"
[ [link removed] ]May 31, 2021.
2. Tweet from Sawyer Hackett, [ [link removed] ]June 15, 2021.
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