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TELL PRESIDENT BIDEN TO ACT NOW TO PROTECT THE FREEDOM TO VOTE.

President Biden has denounced the anti-voter laws that are being proposed all across the country. He said we’re facing “the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War” and he’s right! 

Senate Democrats have introduce two new voting rights bills.

The Freedom to Vote Act would enact major reforms to America’s voting systems, including efforts to make it easier to register to vote and set a 15-day minimum early voting window that states must meet. It would also make Election Day a federal holiday. The legislation would also mandate that each state offer same-day voter registration at all polling locations by 2024, and calls for a broad range of cards and documents to qualify as proof of identification for in-person voting.

The bill was introduced by Sen Amy Klobuchar. “Following the 2020 elections in which more Americans voted than ever before, we have seen unprecedented attacks on our democracy in states across the country,” Klobuchar, chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee.

“These attacks demand an immediate federal response,” she added, noting that the bill “will set basic national standards to make sure all Americans can cast their ballots in the way that works best for them, regardless of what zip code they live in.”

The bill bans political gerrymandering, barring states from drawing political boundaries with the “effect of materially favoring or disfavoring any political party.” The bill comes after 18 different states this year passed 30 different laws that would make it more difficult to vote, according to an analysis from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. It targets a number of practices enacted in Republican-led states. Democrats have asserted the wave of voting restrictions is a result of former President Trump’s false claims that widespread voter fraud — which is exceedingly rare in American elections — cost him the November election.

The bill would require states to provide automatic voter registration, which typically requires those visiting the Department of Motor Vehicles or another state agency to be registered or to opt-out of registering to vote. At least 18 states already have such a program.

But the bill also would require states to allow those with felony convictions to vote as soon as they complete their prison terms.

In addition to the Freedom to Vote bill, Democrats in the Senate introduced the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, that was introduced and passed by the House. Bearing the name of the late Georgia congressman and voting rights champion John Lewis (D), the legislation would restore and update the federal preclearance process in the Voting Rights Act that was gutted by a 2013 Supreme Court decision. Previously, the preclearance required states and localities with histories of racial discrimination to gain approval from the Justice Department before implementing any change to voting procedure. The Lewis bill changes the formula to a more modern standard, now judging states and municipalities on their voting rights record of the past 25 years.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/572096-senate-democrats-unveil-new-voting-rights-bill

Contact President Biden to demand that he tell Senators that the Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act MUST become law — and that Senators MUST find a workaround to the filibuster, which Republicans are using to block voting rights legislation.

Pressure President Biden to get involved. Biden getting involved could be a game-changer, so please, take two minutes to call the White House and let them know that you demand action from President Biden and his administration to protect the freedom to vote.