Congress: Expand Voting Access During COVID-19

Congress must address COVID-19's impact on the 2020 elections by passing a relief package that requires states to provide no-excuse absentee voting and expanded early voting and the funding necessary – at least $4 billion – to enact these changes. Senators must also co-sponsor and pass the VoteSafe Act.

The House passed the HEROES Act, which includes vital measures to protect our health and right to vote. But now, it's up to the Senate to push for these critical voting provisions in its next relief bill – and additionally, co-sponsor Sen. Kamala Harris and Congressman Jim Clyburn’s VoteSafe Act. As we all fight to contain COVID-19, our democracy must be fully functioning – that means safeguarding our right to vote.

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Subject Expand voting access in COVID-19 relief bill

As your constituent, I urge you to protect the right to vote – by both co-sponsoring the VoteSafe Act, and building upon the HEROES Act by passing a COVID-19 relief package that includes a mandated 14-day minimum early vote period, no-excuse mail-in absentee voting, and at least $4 billion in federal funds – the amount required to make early voting and vote by mail accessible nationwide.

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After witnessing the horrors of Wisconsin's primary, it's clear how politicians in many parts of the country are refusing to make accommodations to protect people while they exercise their right to vote. There's only one way to see this: an attempt to keep people from voting.

While Congress provided $400 million for voting improvements in March, that is only a tiny down payment on the amount that it needs to provide for the remaining primaries and general election. And though the HEROES Act passed in the House does include necessary measures, the Senate now must take two steps: 1. pass stimulus legislation that has these voting rights protections, and 2. ensure every eligible voter has safe access to the ballot by passing the VoteSafe Act – which sets reasonable, uniform national standards for the 2020 general election for all registered voters to use mail-in absentee voting, a minimum early in-person voting period of 20 days, and provides the federal funding needed to support states in these efforts.

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Congress: Expand Voting Access During COVID-19

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