Statement of Jana Morgan, Campaign Director for the Declaration for American Democracy As Congress considers another stimulus to address the COVID-19 pandemic, the Declaration for American Democracy, a coalition of nearly 150 organizations from the civil rights,...
This Week in 200 Words This week in state updates, Pennsylvania House Democrats are sponsoring a state-level HR1-like bill package called “For the People”, which contains proposals to strengthen campaign finance reform, voting rights, and voter turnout. Voters in...
This week in state updates, a Wisconsin appeals court blocked the purge of over 200,000 voters from its rolls. Virginia’s bipartisan redistricting bill is advancing through the legislature. Georgia lawmakers have proposed a bill to address prohibitively long lines at...
Issue Briefs Showcase How the For the People Act Would Pave the Way for Progress on Priorities of Voters Washington, D.C. — More than 365 days ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the For the People Act (H.R. 1) on March 8, 2019. Since then,...
Our democracy is in turmoil. Billionaires and corporate interests are flooding our elections with money, and state legislatures are trying to enact laws that suppress the voices of voters. But members of Congress are pushing back. Last year, Democrats in the U.S....