Tell Congress: Fix Our Broken Democracy and Pass the "For The People Act"
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Communities of color are often most impacted by the aspects of our broken democracy. Such reforms like those in For The People Act help create a more fair, transparent, & inclusive democracy that we all seek.
Why This Matters
In the wake of January 6th's violent attempt to interrupt the counting of electoral votes, protecting our democracy is more urgent than ever. We need to improve our election process, including ensuring people can vote securely and expanding voter access so every eligible citizen can take part in our democracy.
The "For The People Act," H.R. 1, is a bold comprehensive reform package to fix these vulnerabilities -- and more. The bill will help create a democracy we all seek by:
**Expanding voting access & restore voting rights: Create a nationwide automatic voter registration system and have same day voter registration, restore right to vote for people with felony convictions,
**Protecting our elections: Safeguard our election infrastructure from hostile actors;
**Strengthening ethics laws: Curb the influence of corporate polluters by requiring the President to disclose their tax returns, put tougher restrictions on lobbying, prevent elected officials from spending taxpayer dollars to settle sexual harassment lawsuits;
**Fixing our broken campaign finance system: Empower small-dollar donors, support small-dollar public financing of elections, and combat the influence of “dark money” unleashed by Citizens United
**Letting the people pick their elected officials, not politicians pick their voters: Ban partisan gerrymandering and increase protections for communities of color.
Communities of color are are most impacted by an unfair and broken democracy. We need bold transformational change to address this inequity. The For the People Act, HR1, will fix some of what's broken in our government. H.R. 1 can help create the more fair, transparent, and inclusive democracy that we all seek
It's past time we take action to ensure everyone's voices -- no matter your zip code, race or background -- is heard in our democracy. In advance of a new Congress being sworn in at the beginning of January, let's make sure they know what should be at top of their agenda: democracy reforms like the For The People Act.
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