Last week, we came together for a team retreat. While it was incredible to see each other in person, what we realized as we went deep on our state strategies and calendars is that we're going to need everyone's help to be successful.
Here are just a few takeaways we want you to know:
In short, this will be a long, sustained fight in multiple states across the country. We need to make sure our states have everything they need to be successful -- materials for Redistricting U, placards and Citizen Commitment cards, toolkits for making calls to elected officials, a budget, and a plan for rapid response... the list goes on.
Every dollar we raise helps us get closer to ending gerrymandering. Will you donate to our Grassroots Advocacy Fund?
All On The Line is the grassroots advocacy campaign supported by the National Redistricting Action Fund. Support our work to end gerrymandering.
Here are just a few takeaways we want you to know:
In short, this will be a long, sustained fight in multiple states across the country. We need to make sure our states have everything they need to be successful -- materials for Redistricting U, placards and Citizen Commitment cards, toolkits for making calls to elected officials, a budget, and a plan for rapid response... the list goes on.
Every dollar we raise helps us get closer to ending gerrymandering. Will you donate to our Grassroots Advocacy Fund?
If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately.
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is central to the legacy of the civil rights movement, and for years it protected voters from having their rights diminished. But today the right to vote is under attack in a way that we have not seen in decades.
Here's the latest: some people in Texas reportedly had to wait up to seven hours to vote on Super Tuesday. That is abhorrent and unacceptable. You can draw a direct line from the wait times last week to two events over the past decade: gerrymandering that locked conservatives into illegitimate power and the Supreme Court's decision to dismantle a key provision of the Voting Rights Act in 2013.
We must fight and win to hold politicians responsible for these discriminatory tactics. This fight is core to the values of All On The Line -- we must return power to the people. If you're with me, let's rally a massive grassroots response. Your contributions will go directly toward our work to amplify the voices of citizens.
In the last redistricting cycle, the Texas legislature aggressively gerrymandered so that the state's politicians could choose their voters and lock in their own power. And in 2013, the state's legislature was freed up to impose any discriminatory voting tactics it wanted after the Supreme Court blocked the federal government's ability to preemptively stop voter suppression measures. By 2018, the state's gerrymandered legislature had closed roughly 750 polling places -- more than any other state.
It is this systemic protection of ill-begotten power -- and the desire to protect that power at all cost -- that we must fight. And the only remedy is a chorus of citizens calling for change.
Join us. We're creating the technology, hiring the staff, and building the infrastructure to win. But we can't do it without the generous support of our online donors. Pitch in so we don't fall behind on our plans.
All On The Line is the grassroots advocacy campaign supported by the National Redistricting Action Fund. Support our work to end gerrymandering.
Here's the latest: some people in Texas reportedly had to wait up to seven hours to vote on Super Tuesday. That is abhorrent and unacceptable. You can draw a direct line from the wait times last week to two events over the past decade: gerrymandering that locked conservatives into illegitimate power and the Supreme Court's decision to dismantle a key provision of the Voting Rights Act in 2013.
We must fight and win to hold politicians responsible for these discriminatory tactics. This fight is core to the values of All On The Line -- we must return power to the people. If you're with me, let's rally a massive grassroots response. Your contributions will go directly toward our work to amplify the voices of citizens.
If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately.
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In the last redistricting cycle, the Texas legislature aggressively gerrymandered so that the state's politicians could choose their voters and lock in their own power. And in 2013, the state's legislature was freed up to impose any discriminatory voting tactics it wanted after the Supreme Court blocked the federal government's ability to preemptively stop voter suppression measures. By 2018, the state's gerrymandered legislature had closed roughly 750 polling places -- more than any other state.
It is this systemic protection of ill-begotten power -- and the desire to protect that power at all cost -- that we must fight. And the only remedy is a chorus of citizens calling for change.
Join us. We're creating the technology, hiring the staff, and building the infrastructure to win. But we can't do it without the generous support of our online donors. Pitch in so we don't fall behind on our plans.
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