[Fuller ad from MoveOn.org, minus the pitch for cash]
JUST IN: The House passed H.R. 1, the For the People Act, a sweeping voting rights and democracy reform bill that makes Election Day a holiday, creates new national automatic voter registration, requires at least 15 days of early voting, prohibits states from restricting vote-by-mail, ends partisan gerrymandering, establishes public financing of campaigns, and more.
Our democracy desperately needs the Senate to pass the For the People Act. Republicans have unleashed an avalanche of voter suppression bills—250+ state-level bills that are the greatest roll back of voting rights in this country since the Jim Crow era. And right-wing groups are planning to spend $10 million to pass the bills.
That’s why MoveOn is running a massive grassroots effort to pressure Senate Democrats to do EVERYTHING necessary—including ending the filibuster—to pass the For the People Act. MoveOn is the largest grassroots progressive group in the nation, with more than 10 million members across all states. When our members speak, Democratic leaders listen. This will be a long fight as the right wing won’t give up voter suppression easily.
