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As @POTUS gives his #StateOfTheUnion address tonight, we'd like to share our own #SOTU.
Here are five ways we'd like to see the promise of democracy become real for us all in 2023:
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Here are five ways we'd like to see the promise of democracy become real for us all in 2023:
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1/ Protect & expand the freedom to vote ahead of #Election2024.
This is one of our most fundamental rights, and our democracy is strongest when every voter can participate in it. We're very much still fighting anti-voter laws in court & taking on barriers to #VoterRegistration.
This is one of our most fundamental rights, and our democracy is strongest when every voter can participate in it. We're very much still fighting anti-voter laws in court & taking on barriers to #VoterRegistration.
1b/ Meanwhile, in the absence of federal voting legislation, we're very encouraged by the passage of State Voting Rights Acts (aka State VRAs). We hope to see more of them introduced this year.
campaignlegal.org/update/protect…
campaignlegal.org/update/protect…
On #NationalVoterRegistrationDay I want to commend everyone who is working to get fellow citizens registered, in particular, the work being done to restore voting rights to people with past felony convictions, including @GicolaLane, @BlairBowie and other @CampaignLegal staff.
A past felony conviction should never serve as grounds for permanently banning citizens from the voting booth. Today nearly 17m people can vote, or have their rights restored, but are effectively disenfranchised. #NationalVoterRegistrationDay LEARN MORE: campaignlegal.org/cases-actions/…
Since 2018 @CampaignLegal has provided direct rights restoration services to 1000s of individuals and trained 1000s of community leaders. Tens of 1000s have used our online toolkit, RestoreYourVote.org. #NationalVoterRegistrationDay
I was raised to believe there’s power and grace in forgiveness. Did you learn the same? All citizens – including people who are formerly incarcerated – deserve a voice in our democracy. Here’s how you can help#FreeTheVote.
5.2M Americans are barred from voting due to a felony conviction. But we can change that. Democracy is better when everyone participates
States are pushing back, winning victories from CA to FL, and welcoming people back into democracy. More here: politico.com/news/2022/02/0…
I'm home sick but never too sick to rave about #HR1: a bill to continue our long American project of creating a democracy that represents all of us equally. I'm gonna talk wonky on here for a minute. #ForThePeople
My @CampaignLegal colleagues @DelaneyMarsco @brendan_fischer and others will tell you about the campaign finance and ethic portions (they are big! really big! change our democracy big!). I'm here to talk about the provisions at the heart of our democracy: VOTING.
The bill is 571 pages and it is CHOCKFULL of good ideas (hint, hint, states could adopt a lot of these on their own). #HR1
