Voting Reform

Documents

HR-1 The For the People Act of 2021. The Democracy Reform Task Force has broken down this federal voting rights bill into sections that make it easy to understand (S1, the Senate version of this bill can be found here).

Fair Fight's Stop Jim Crow 2.0. The right to vote is under attack in multiple states. Stacey Abrams plan with information and resources on how we can protect voting rights!

NGO Web Articles & Discussions

A Common Cause discussion around the question of Should Congress pass the For the People Act or John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act? Answer: They must pass both.

DemCast is a growing team of grassroots activists, writers, artists & thinkers. We’re building this initiative so that anyone can find a way to meaningfully plug in. They have a weekly briefing on For the People Act, a bunch of social media tools that you can find here, and a printable digital tool kit you can find here.

The Brennan Center for Justice explains HR1/S1 making its way through Congress. In addition, they provide a monthly countrywide perspective on voting rights legislation, reforms that both restrict and increase access to the ballot box: Voting Laws Roundup 2021 (be sure to click on the link in the Editor’s Note for the most recent month). 

S-4263 The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act explained.

The National Task Force on Election Crises, a nonpartisan group formed to study the 2020 election, highlights the many challenges that emerged in their Lessons and Recommendations from the 2020 General Election.

Democracy Docket advocates for voting rights, elections, redistricting and democracy in the courts. 

Video

The filibuster explained in this short video: The Senate Rule Breaking Our Politics. Robert Reich, Former Secretary of Labor, lays out why the survival of our democracy hinges on Senate Democrats eliminating the filibuster.