Dear MoveOn member, 

With the one-year anniversary of the deadly January 6 insurrection just a
week away, we need to be clear-eyed about the grim state of American
democracy.

Donald Trump and the Republican Party have convinced millions of Americans
of Trump's Big Lie, sabotaging the integrity of U.S. elections and
undermining public confidence in our democracy. Shockingly, just 27% of
Republicans believe that Joe Biden was the rightful winner of the 2020
election.^1

Republicans have used the lie of a stolen election to pass new laws this
year in 19 states to make it harder for marginalized communities and young
people to vote and, in some states, give Republican officials the power to
simply throw out votes and overturn results of elections.^2

And Trump is aggressively enacting a plot to install right-wing loyalists
in offices in charge of overseeing state elections and declaring winners
and losers.^3

In response, MoveOn has launched a multipronged, multimillion-dollar
campaign to save our democracy, which you can read about below.

To get the word out and drive up support, we've printed a big batch of
these "Save Democracy" stickers, and we're giving them away for FREE—while
supplies last.

[ [link removed] ]Click here or on the image below to order your free "Save Democracy"
sticker.

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MoveOn's strategy to save democracy consists of four parts: 

 1. Prevent Trump loyalists from overseeing elections: Trump is plotting
to use the 2022 elections to install right-wing loyalists to one of
the most obscure, but important, jobs in politics: secretary of
state—the state official who controls voter registration, oversees the
counting of votes, and declares the winners and losers of elections.^4
MoveOn is launching a big, powerful campaign to defeat Trump-backed
candidates for secretary of state and elect individuals who will count
every vote and ensure free and fair elections.
 2. Pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights
Advancement Act in the next three weeks: These bills—already passed by
the House—would combat the state-level attacks, create national
standards for access to voting, and begin to curb the power of money
in politics.^5 MoveOn has joined with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr.'s family and a host of organizations to put intense pressure on
the Senate to pass the legislation by January 17, 2021—the day of the
federal holiday commemorating the civil rights leader's birthday.
 3. Protect and expand the Democratic majority in Congress: The
Constitution requires Congress to certify the results of presidential
elections. But if Republicans regain control of Congress after the
2022 midterms, the GOP could have the power to challenge—or even
reject—the results of the 2024 presidential election.^6 Republicans
would need only a simple majority in each chamber to vote to overturn
results and install Trump to a second term. That's one crucial reason
why MoveOn has launched a hard-hitting campaign to win critical Senate
battleground states, including Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsin, and
will launch an all-hands-on-deck campaign to protect the Democratic
majority in the House.
 4. Defeat members of Congress who supported the insurrection: Marjorie
Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Ron Johnson, and all of the other
Republicans who voted to overturn the will of the people on January 6
have no business still serving in Congress. MoveOn has launched a
massive campaign to hold the Sedition Caucus accountable and defeat
them at the ballot box in 2022.

The threats to our democracy are grave. Which is why MoveOn's campaign to
save democracy must be massive and powerful. 

[ [link removed] ]Join us today by ordering your FREE "Save Democracy" sticker and
displaying it proudly to show your family, friends, and community members
that you stand on the side of free and fair elections.

Thanks for all you do.

–Oscar, Elizabeth, David, Eden, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Only 27% of Republicans accept Biden as the rightful winner," Portland
Press Herald, December 16, 2021
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2. "Voting Laws Roundup: December 2021," Brennan Center for Justice,
December 21, 2021
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3. "How Trump-backed secretary of state candidates would change elections
in the United States," The Washington Post, December 1, 2021
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4. Ibid.

5. "A Crucial Boost for the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement
Act," Brennan Center for Justice, November 3, 2021
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6. "EXPLAINER: How Congress will count Electoral College votes," The
Associated Press, January 3, 2021
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Want to support MoveOn's work? The GOP is launching an all-out campaign to
take down the Democratic majority in Congress and reinstall Mitch
McConnell as Senate majority leader in 2022. To defeat the GOP, MoveOn is
going all-in with TV ads, a nationwide grassroots organizing campaign, and
more.

Will you chip in to power our effort to defeat McConnell and the GOP in
2022?



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