Dear Fellow Citizens:

Please call U.S. Senators to request support for H.R.1, the “For the People Act” passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on March 3, 2021: “To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, and strengthen ethics rules for public servants and for other purposes.” Read the full bill at congress.gov.

This is a crucial step toward protecting our elections, and building a more inclusive democracy. The U.S. Senate will soon introduce their version of the Act.

The “John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act” is another bill Congress must pass to protect voting rights (introduced in the Senate as the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act), named in honor of the late civil rights icon and longtime congressman. In 2013, in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court eroded key parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), which protected voters from racial discrimination and intimidation. This decision significantly weakened the VRA’s protections and led to numerous states passing new anti-voter laws that restrict access to the ballot box and cut the number of polling places in our communities.

Learn more at Brennan Center for Justice, an independent, nonpartisan law and policy organization that works to reform, revitalize and when necessary, defend our country’s systems of democracy and justice, at brennancenter.org. Another good non-partisan resource is the League of Women Voters, lwv.org. 

Please join me in supporting and promoting these important pieces of legislation. You can easily call ALL Senators across the United States now, at 202-224-3121!

Suzanne DeVore, Mosca, CO