Happy 234th birthday
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Hi Friend,
Tomorrow marks the 234th anniversary of the signing of the US Constitution —
making it the oldest living constitution in human history.
While the state of the American experiment is currently tenuous, the
Constitution remains a saving grace for our Republic. In outlining the systems
and tenets of our government, the Founders were painstaking in enshrining the
right of future and current Americans to adapt, adjust, and tinker with the
levers of our democracy to ensure its promise.
It’s why we as reformers can—and must—work the way we do, state by state,
reform by reform, giving every American the opportunity to weigh in onhow we
elect our leaders. We are tasked with refining how to ensure that in our
democracy, voters — not parties or special interests — come first. In doing so,
we can actually change the way elected representatives operate and fix our
broken politics.
And it’s thanks to the Constitution. [Article 1, Section 4
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Here are three things to think about:
Democracy is in danger
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A new poll released by CNN
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this week shows the percentage of Americans who believe our democracy is in
danger. A full 56% of Americans believe democracy in the US is under attack,
with 75% of Republicans agreeing with that sentence, and 46% of Democrats.
The numbers are both bolstering and troubling: on the one hand, a growing
number of Americans seem to understand that the health of our democracy is not
something we can take for granted; at the same time, there is a stark partisan
divide in respondents’ understanding of who and what is driving the attack. The
good news is that nonpartisan reform offers a solution — allowing citizens to
engage with their democracy in a new way, rebuilding trust in the institutions
while promoting healthier forms of competition.
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The scars from January 6th
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If there was ever an alarm — a wakeup call alerting Americans to the fragility
and vulnerability of our democracy — January 6th was it. Rioters storming the
capitol, armed, violent, and seeking to stop the certification of election
results.Our democracy was seriously and critically threatened on January 6th,
and it’s vital that we as Americans don’t forget.
So this week, I invite you all to read the New York Time’s
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interviews with some of the individuals who were on the ground that day.
Americans must reflect on what happened in January, and we need to use those
reflections to help us take the next step forward in repairing our political
system.
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A reminder that we’ve been here before
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I’ll leave you with this reminder: in the 234 years since our Constitution was
adopted, Americans have repeatedly come together, united, to create a more
perfect union. When our political system has been hacked, and used by few for
their own personal gain, it’s been voters who have stopped it — reforming our
elections to ensure that voters come first.
During the Progressive Era of the 19th century, a time that was seeped in
corruption, dysfunction, and inequality, reformers led the way in adopting a
host of political reforms. These reforms happened state by state at first
— then suddenly all at once. We’re on the edge of something special right now.
Our political system may be broken, but we can fix it once again. Check out our
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Brett
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Brett Maney
Senior Communications Manager
Unite America
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