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Petition to the Senate:
"End corruption and fix our broken democracy. Support H.R. 1."
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Our democracy is broken and House Democrats just passed a bold proposal to fix it. Voter roll purges. Racist polling place closures in communities of color. Secret corporate money flooding the airwaves. Insecure voting machines. Partisan gerrymandering protecting Republican legislators. A revolving door between Wall Street and government.
H.R. 1, the For the People Act, is a sweeping bill to protect and fix our democracy, so it's no surprise Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has denounced it.1 But democracy reform is immensely popular, so we need to turn up the pressure on vulnerable Republican senators to choose our democracy over partisan gain.
From massive voter suppression to the corruptive influence of money in politics, the last couple of elections have proven that our democracy must be fixed. H.R. 1 would make sweeping changes in three vital areas:2
All of these proposals are intensely popular.3 We must turn up the heat on vulnerable Republican senators and corporate Democrats to get them passed.
With massive numbers of voters reportedly purged from the rolls in key states like Georgia, numerous problems with voter registration even before Election Day and state policies that limit early or absentee voting, it is likely that hundreds of thousands of voters were prevented from casting their ballots in November. Additional hurdles like voter ID requirements kept many from even trying to vote. Confusion about voter status and provisional ballots contributed to already long lines – in some places the result of polling place closures in predominantly non-white communities.4
Meanwhile, big money and the revolving door let Wall Street hijack our democracy to serve corporate interests. It has to change – and for the first time in decades, this new House of Representatives made protecting and restoring our democracy a top priority. Now we need to turn the spotlight on vulnerable Republican senators and force them to explain to voters why they are defending racist vote-rigging and Wall Street big money.
Tell senators: Pass the For the People Act – a bold package to fix our broken democracy. Click below to sign the petition:
- Heidi Hess, CREDO Action
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