Please support the Freedom to Vote Act

Do everything you can to support the Freedom to Vote Act.

The problem: Our former president and many others have falsely claimed the 2020 election was stolen. Many states have used this false claim to justify enacting various laws making it harder for some people to vote. Recently, partisan state legislatures have enacted recounts of the 2020 election to further erode pubic confidence in the election process.

The Solution: The Freedom to Vote Act (FTVA) is being discussed in the Senate. Some of the 11 separate things it does includes: Making election day a holiday, Ending gerrymandering, It combats antivoting laws working their way through state legislatures, and for those concerned with voter security it insures the use of paper ballots and implements a national voter ID standard.

Joe Manchin is one of the authors of the FTVA and he is seeking bipartisan support. If he is not able to get bipartisan support, he has hinted he may consider voting to modify the filibuster rule for this one category of legislation so it can get passed. Please contact Senators Diane Feinstein 415-393-0707 and Alex Padilla 202-224-3553 and urge them to do everything they can to get Joe Manchin and Kyrsen Sinema to modify the filibuster rules to allow this legislation to pass.

— Mike Schultz, Chico