The
right
wing has lost the trust and confidence of the vast majority of the
American
people. The nation is seeing a surge in new voters who are moving
the country in a new direction. To maintain their electoral
viability
conservatives have redoubled longstanding efforts to suppress the votes
of
those they think are least likely to support their failed
policies.
Progressives
must fight back and protect the fundamental right to vote for
every
American in order to secure the equitable and prosperous future we all
hope to
see. This fight requires two strategies — holding
the line against
attacks on the right to vote such as voter ID laws and proof of
citizenship
requirements (and rolling them back where applicable), and putting
forth strong
voter protection and anti-“caging” policies that
strongly sanction attempts to
prevent people from voting, such as voter deception.Progressives need to take pro-active action
to expand the vote, both through protecting community-based
registration drives
and supporting the re-enfranchisement of ex-prisoners seeking to return
to the
mainstream of civic life.
