Thread by @didikins4life

This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: RESTORING AND STRENGTHENING OUR DEMOCRACY:
Protecting and Enforcing Voting Rights
Only one party recognizes the right for every American to cast a vote as a fundamental, sacred, constitutional right. 1/14

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#Democrats will also fight for emergency funding for states to help make vote-from-home and vote-by-mail universally available during the pandemic, while ensuring that all jurisdictions take steps to ensure continued meaningful, safe opportunities to vote in person. 2/14

#Democrats recognize that the United States Postal Service is more than ever a critical component to our democracy and must be supported to guarantee timely and efficient delivery and return of vote by mail ballots.3/14 #DemPartyPlatform #USPS #VotingRights

Election officials must be provided with sufficient time after election day to process, count, and audit all ballots. 4/14 #DemPartyPlatform #Election2020 #FreeAndFairElection

#Democrats know we must give voters the confidence that their ballot was counted as cast by supporting mandatory, statistically meaningful post-election audits and full transparency of all election results and data. 5/14 #DemPartyPlatform #FreeAndFairElections #VotingRights

To ensure every eligible ballot is counted, vote by mail voters must be informed of and provided a meaningful opportunity to fix any problem with their ballot.6/14 #DemPartyPlatform #VotingRights #CountEveryVote

A professional and well-trained election workforce is critical to the administration of elections, we support ongoing federal and state funding for local elections offices.7/14 #DemPartyPlatform #Vote2020 #Election2020

#Gerrymandering distorts our democracy, and #Democrats will enact measures to end partisan gerrymandering in federal elections. 8/14 #DemPartyPlatform

Efforts to redraw legislative districts following the 2020 Census must be guided by transparency and public input, while reducing the power of partisan actors, so that maps reflect the will of voters, fairly represent communities of color, and provide for competitive races. 9/14

#Democrats will protect the integrity of the decennial Census from political interference, ensuring that apportionment & redistricting be based on total population counts,and also ensure the Census Bureau is equipped to conduct cost-effective, timely, and accurate surveys. 10/14

#Democrats will maintain the legal requirement for Census participation &increase resources to reduce undercounts of communities of color, immigrants, LGBTQ+ people, people w/disabilities, rural &low-income populations & young children that have long plagued the Census.11/14

#Democrats will also direct the Census Bureau to study whether counting the prison population where they are incarcerated creates inequitable outcomes in state or federal representation or funding allocations.12/14 #DemPartyPlatform #Census

#Democrats will increase investments to help state and local governments upgrade election technology, including cybersecurity technology, and ensure that election technology is accessible for people with disabilities. 13/14 #DemPartyPlatform #HAVA #CripTheVote

#Democrats will also increase oversight of private election vendors to ensure voting systems are secure and worthy of voters' trust. We will not tolerate election interference and will protect the integrity of our elections from all enemies, foreign and domestic.14/14 #Election