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Hi Friend,

 

When I was growing up, there was a familiar adage my parents used when my
sisters and I played sports: It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you
play the game. 

 

Indeed, the same can be said in politics. At the end of the day, it’s not
whether your team wins or loses — it’s how they play the game. Or rather, how
the gameis played that matters. The rules and systems that determine how our
politicians get elected play a far bigger role in determining the outputs of
our government than who wins. 

 

It’s why we’re all about rules here at Unite America — and why we want to make
sure that America’s election rules ensure that voters are the real winners at
the end. Here are three things:

The rules got us here, the rules will get us out
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As the US grapples with the fragility of our grand American experiment, a new
report from our friends at Protect Democracy describes how electoral systems —
rather than specific people, parties, or events — have had an outsized
political influence on rising authoritarianism in our country.


From limiting competition to rewarding extreme and organized factions, our
political system has set us on a path toward demise. Fortunately, we have the
power to change the system by passing reforms like ranked choice voting and
open primary. ReadProtect Democracy’s full report here
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Across the country, legislative sessions are beginning to kick-off, with state
legislators heading back to capitols to debate, write, and pass new laws. More
often than not, much of the work done by these state legislators will be
overlooked by news outlets, who tend to focus more on national legislation than
state bills — despite state bills playing an arguably much bigger role in our
day to day lives. 


As legislative sessions get rolling, I encourage you (if you haven’t already)
to follow the Twitter accounts of the Voters First Project! Our teams inVirginia
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date with all of the information you need to know about these key battleground
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Finally, I wanted to send you off with a bit of inspiration. In case you
missed it: last week, we released a new video featuring an original poem by
author Regie Gibson. Regie’sAn Open Letter to the America That Will Be
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action and reflection about why the work that we do together is so important. 

 

Watch the full video here:

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Brett
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Brett Maney
Senior Communications Manager
Unite America

 

P.S. We're hiring! Check out our open roles here
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