Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition of more than 230 national organizations, and the 122 undersigned organizations in sending a letter to urge senators to support the cloture vote and open debate on the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, to enable consideration of the bipartisan compromise reached by Senators.
The coordinated, anti-democratic campaign to restrict the vote targets the heart of the nation’s promise: that every voice and every eligible vote count. For democracy to work for all of us, it must include us all. When certain communities cannot access the ballot and when they are not represented in the ranks of power, our democracy is in peril. State legislatures and local jurisdictions across the country are passing laws or enacting policies that restrict access to the ballot box. The moment is urgent, and Congress must meet the urgency and pass the bipartisan version of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
This bill will restore the essential provision of the Voting Rights Act that prevents the adoption of discriminatory voting practices before they go into effect, establishing a transparent process for protecting the right to vote. It will also restore and strengthen other provisions to help bring down the barriers erected to silence Black, Brown, Native, young, people with disabilities and new Americans and ensure everyone has a voice in the decisions impacting our lives. Importantly, the bill includes the Native American Voting Rights Act (NAVRA), which protects voting rights for Indigenous communities who face myriad, unique challenges to fully participating in our democracy.
Read the full letter here.
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
ADL (Anti-Defamation League)
Alliance for Youth Action
American Association for Justice
American Association of People with Disabilities
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
American Atheists
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
American Humanist Association
American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
Americans for Financial Reform
Andrew Goodman Foundation
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC
Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote)
Association of University Centers on Disabilities
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Bend the Arc Jewish Action
Blue Wave Postcard Movement
Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
Bridges Faith Initiative
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Center for Common Ground
Center for Community Self-Help
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
Center for Living & Working, Inc.
Center for Responsible Lending
Clean Elections Texas
Clean Water Action
Clearinghouse on Women’s Issues
Climate Hawks Vote
Climate Reality Project
Coalition on Human Needs
Code for America
Common Cause
Communications Workers of America (CWA)
Community Change Action
DemCast USA
Democracy 21
Democracy Initiative
Demos
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
Earthjustice
ELCA
End Citizens United / Let America Vote Action Fund
Equal Justice Society
Fair Elections Center
Fair Fight Action
FairVote
Feminist Majority Foundation
Fix Democracy First
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Greenpeace USA
HBCU Collective
HeadCount
Hispanic Federation
Human Rights Campaign
Human Rights First
Indivisible
International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies (IAOHRA)
Issue One
Japanese American Citizen’s League
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
Lambda Legal
LatinoJustice PRLDEF
League of Conservation Voters
League of Women Voters of the United States
Main Street Alliance
MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund)
Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action
Missouri Voter Protection Coalition
Movement Advancement Project
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF)
NARAL Pro-Choice America
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
National Association of Human Rights Workers
National Association of Social Workers
National CAPACD
National Center for Parent Leadership, Advocacy, and Community Empowerment
National Center for Transgender Equality
National Council of Jewish Women
National Council on Independent Living
National Employment Law Project
National Employment Lawyers Association
National Health Law Program
National Hispanic Media Coalition
National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund
National Organization for Women
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
Our Vote Texas
People For the American Way
PFLAG National
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Poverty & Race Research Action Council
Project On Government Oversight (POGO)
Protect Democracy
Public Citizen
Public Justice
Public Wise
Reclaim Our Democracy
Rise Up America
Secure Elections Network
SEIU
Sojourners
Stand for Children
The Sierra Club
The United Methodist Church – General Board of Church and Society
The Workers Circle
Un-PAC
UnidosUS
Union for Reform Judaism
Unitarian Universalist Association
Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice
URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity
Voices for Progress
Vote.org
Voto Latino Foundation
When We All Vote
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
YWCA USA
