Dear MoveOn member, 

This is the moment we've been waiting for: President Biden is officially
backing a carve-out to the filibuster for voting rights legislation!

"If the only thing standing between getting voting rights legislation
passed and not getting passed is the filibuster, I support making the
exception of voting rights for the filibuster," Biden said.^1

This marks the first time Biden has directly expressed support for the
Senate to act immediately on filibuster reform.

And Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is capitalizing on the momentum.
He just announced that the Senate will vote on changes to the filibuster
on or before January 17. 

John, this news is HUGE. The Jim Crow filibuster, which
requires 60 votes in order to hold a vote on legislation, allowing a
minority of extremists to block progress for generations, is the only
thing standing in the way of protecting our freedom to vote.

But Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema is still threatening to block
filibuster reform—and if she succeeds, she would kill the prospect of
passing voting rights legislation and clear the path for Republicans to
attempt to steal this November's elections and then install Donald Trump
as president for a second term in 2024. 

That's why MoveOn is launching a full-court press to pressure Sinema and
all Democratic senators to amend the filibuster and pass voting rights
legislation.



[ [link removed] ]But we need your help. With only 14 days to go until the January 17
deadline, will you rush a $3 donation to power our campaign
to pressure Sinema and end the filibuster?



With Donald Trump and the Republican Party laser-focused on undermining
and rigging democratic elections in the United States, passing federal
legislation to protect free and fair elections couldn't be more
important. 

Republican state lawmakers have passed 34 laws in 19 states to make it
harder to vote, including in key battleground states like Georgia, with a
near-surgical focus on disenfranchising people of color, low-income
voters, and young people.^2

And Donald Trump is working hard to install his lackeys to offices that
oversee elections and have the power to declare winners and losers.^3 As
we come up on the one-year anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, we
are reminded that the Republican Party is willing to go any
lengths—including violence—to cling to power.

But voting rights legislation like the Freedom to Vote Act has the power
to counter much of Trump's strategy and protect our democracy. 

The Freedom to Vote Act would do all this: 

* Require all 50 states to offer early voting periods for at least two
weeks prior to Election Day.
* Permit no-excuse vote by mail for every eligible voter.
* Make Election Day a federal public holiday.
* Require states to ensure that voting lines last no longer than 30
minutes. 
* Ensure states offer same-day voter registration.
* And much, much more!^4

The future of our democracy hangs in the balance. And we have only 14 days
to protect it. 



[ [link removed] ]If you are able, will you rush a $3 donation right now
to power our campaign to pressure the Senate to end the filibuster and
pass voting rights legislation?



Thanks for all you do.

–Emma, Gabi, Amy, Heather, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Biden says he supports filibuster carve-out for voting rights," CNN,
December 23, 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. "The Freedom to Vote Act," Brennan Center for Justice, November 3, 2021
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