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[ [link removed] ]Tell the Senate: Voting Rights Now! Sign the petition>>

People For Member,

Everything is on the line this week in the fight to save our democracy.

The Senate is poised to begin debate on Tuesday on the Freedom to Vote:
John R. Lewis Act – breaking through a months-long Republican blockade
that has prevented debate or a vote on any legislation that would
strengthen the right to vote.

[ [link removed] ]SIGN our petition to the Senate now and DEMAND that they do everything
in their power to get this bill passed! >>

Despite some public setbacks, there are ongoing discussions taking place
behind the scenes that could see this bill across the finish line, so we
need you to help keep up the pressure on the Senate to do the right thing.

Once you've had a chance to sign, please forward this email to all your
progressive friends and family and urge them to do the same!

Thank you!

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People For Member,

Ever since this president and Congress took office, and the Far Right
accelerated their torrent of racist, Jim Crow-esque voter suppression and
election subversion legislation in the states, we've fought tooth-and-nail
to save our democracy by passing two desperately needed voting rights
bills – the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights
Advancement Act.

Well, our entire democracy campaign is coming to a climax this week, as
the House passed a combined bill – the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act
– last week and sent it to the Senate, where Democrats will use it to try
to break the filibuster as the obstacle to passage and finally enact these
necessary, democracy-strengthening reforms!

You've signed petitions, called your senators, contributed money, phone
banked voters in key target states like West Virginia and Arizona,
attended rallies, and volunteered in so many ways. Now, it's absolutely
crucial that senators hear from all of us that they must NOT choose
keeping the filibuster over the survival of our democracy and the right to
vote.

[ [link removed] ]SIGN NOW: Demand that the Senate eliminate the filibuster as an
obstacle and PASS the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act NOW! (Your
signature will be sent to the Senate right away.) >>

President Biden is taking the rare step of addressing the Senate
Democratic caucus in person last week, to make the case that they change
the filibuster rule or create a carveout to pass these voting rights
protections. This comes after months of intensifying calls – from an
effort People For led, with your support – for the Biden administration to
go all-in on voting rights and make these democracy bills a top priority.

In a forceful speech this week on the fight to safeguard our democracy
from far-right extremist attacks, President Biden put it as plainly as
possible to the American people:

Jim Crow 2.0 is about two insidious things: voter suppression and
election subversion. It’s no longer about who gets to vote; it’s about
making it harder to vote. It’s about who gets to count the vote and
whether your vote counts at all.

It’s not hyperbole; this is a fact.

So, while we’re thrilled that President Biden is now putting the full
weight and influence of his office into this fight – something we've said
for months was needed in order to finally move these bills – we know that
pressure on the Senate MUST be increased if these bills have any chance to
pass and be enacted in time for the midterm election.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has pledged to vote on measures that would
reform the filibuster on Wednesday, to set the stage for votes on these
historic measures that have been blocked by months of Republican
obstruction.

[ [link removed] ]Senators need to hear from you NOW: Add your name to demand that the
Senate take immediate action to pass both bills to protect and strengthen
our democracy – there is simply too much at stake >>

Thanks as always for all that you do and for standing beside us in this
fight.

-- Zach, People For the American Way

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