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

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[ [link removed] ]The right to vote is SO fundamental to our American democracy, that no other
rights can be guaranteed without it.



Dear People For Supporter,

I hope you were among the more than 100,000 people to tune into our
livestream earlier this afternoon … we’re escalating our direct actions
and twenty-five of us were arrested today, including People For board
members Alyssa Milano and Rabbi David Saperstein.

This was our third civil disobedience action at the White House in recent
weeks, and each one continues to grow – both in crowd size as well as the
number of leaders risking arrest; we’re demanding that President Biden
urge the Senate to “fix or nix” the filibuster in order to pass
legislation that would strengthen and protect our sacred right to vote.

We’re going to keep agitating, keep protesting, and, if necessary, keep
getting arrested over this issue – because if the President won’t pull out
all the stops to protect our freedom to vote, our democracy is in grave
peril.

We need
your help here. The work that we do here at People For -- including these
protests -- is only possible thanks to generous donations from supporters
like you.



[ [link removed] ]If you agree with us that the fundamental right to vote is worth
protecting, would you please chip in a contribution today?



Just yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D – NY) filed for
cloture on a motion to advance the Freedom to Vote Act for debate in the
Senate. The Freedom to Vote Act is the single biggest step Congress can
take to slap down the Far Right’s new voter suppression laws and enshrine
into law protections for Americans’ fundamental right to vote. And it has
the support of every Democrat in the Senate, which -- along with a
tie-breaking vote from Vice President Kamala Harris -- gives us a
majority.

Now, in a democracy, majorities should matter. But we expect that Senate
Republicans will once again stand united behind Mitch McConnell to block
this bill from even being debated, from even being considered with their
unprecedented abuse of the filibuster rule.

We can’t, as a movement, allow our democracy to be held hostage. That’s
why we’re going to continue protesting in front of the White House and
demanding that President Biden step up, take the lead, and do everything
he can to push the Senate to remove the filibuster as an obstacle to
passing necessary voting rights legislation.

But the reality of our world these days is that this work takes money.
Signs cost money. Organizing crowds costs money. Batteries for the
megaphones cost money. Citations for breaking the law -- which we’re
pretty sure the late Congressman John Lewis would call “good trouble” --
cost money.



[ [link removed] ]So we’re asking you today: please chip in a generous donation TODAY to
help support our work to protect the most fundamental American right we
have – the right to vote.



We’re grateful for any support you can provide, and we’ll keep fighting
for you -- and for a better America.

Let’s go fight — and win.

-- Ben Jealous, President

 



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