In response to anti-voter laws passed by MAGA extremists, Congress should enact the Freedom to Vote Act to establish comprehensive national rules protecting American democracy. The FTVA will ban gerrymandering, require presidential candidates to disclose their finances, and enfranchise millions of Americans who have been denied their right to vote. To allow more Americans to elect their representatives, this legislation will expand early-voting opportunities, eliminate unfair limits on mail ballots, and make Election Day a federal holiday. To finally end Jim-Crow, the FTVA will also allow all formerly incarcerated citizens to vote in our elections. To defend our elections from partisan interference, this legislation will increase penalties for threatening election workers, ban the removal of election officials without legitimate cause, and prohibit partisan election reviews. To prevent racially-discriminatory and partisan gerrymandering, the FTVA will set clear national rules that prevent states from disenfranchising communities of color and supporters of particular parties. Enacting the Freedom to Vote Act will be a victory for all Americans, regardless of party, who believe that we should choose our politicians rather than the other way around. As our democracy is attacked on a daily basis by MAGA Republicans, we must act with urgency to protect all Americans’ right to vote and save our republic from the extremist threat.
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