Republicans all across America are trying to:
- Make it harder for some people — like working Americans, people of color, immigrants, seniors, city residents, and younger people — to vote.
- Institute flagrantly partisan gerrymandering schemes that would distort elections in their favor.
- Give governors and state legislators the power to overturn elections when Democrats win.
Democracy itself is under assault.
To save our democracy — to save our country — we *must* pass the Freedom To Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
The Freedom To Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would secure the right to vote, end Dark Money, counteract partisan gerrymandering, prevent election sabotage, and much more.
But Senate Republicans are weaponizing the filibuster to stonewall both pieces of legislation. And we’re now at the make-or-break moment for these landmark bills.
President Biden has spoken eloquently on the need to protect our democracy. Now — at this decisive point — he must do everything in his power to deliver.
Click now and add your name to our message for President Biden:
Our democracy is at a tipping point. Please do everything in your power to ensure passage of the Freedom To Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act — including convincing each and every Senate Democrat to work around the filibuster in order to preserve our democracy.
The filibuster is an antiquated Senate procedure that originated by accident, does not even appear in the Constitution, and has been exploited again and again to perpetuate white supremacism.
And Senate Republicans are weaponizing it to undermine the very foundations of our democracy.
Sign our petition to President Biden now.
Thank you for taking action.
For democracy,
- Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen
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