Important message from @BernieSanders

Let us stand together against voter suppression and for American democracy.

Elections should be about candidates making the best case they can to their constituents and letting the voters decide. What elections should not be about in a democratic society is winning because your opponents are prevented from voting. And let's be clear: That is exactly what cowardly Republicans are doing right now.

In Georgia, Democrats have an outstanding progressive candidate for governor, Stacey Abrams. She happens to be running against the very person, the secretary of state, who controls the voting process in the state. And, pathetically, that person, Brian Kemp, is working overtime to deny many African Americans the right to vote in the upcoming election.

Thankfully the NAACP is taking action. They are not just running one of the most aggressive voter registration campaigns in the country, they are now going to court to make sure everyone, regardless of their race or income, can vote on election day.

Taking on reactionary state governments and their undemocratic election laws is an expensive proposition. Will you make a $27 contribution to support the NAACP as they fight for democracy and the right to vote in this critical moment? They are on the front lines of this fight and need our support.

Four years ago, Stacey Abrams’ opponent, the man now in charge of voting in Georgia, made the following statement: “Democrats are working hard, and all these stories about them, you know, registering all these minority voters that are out there and others that are sitting on the sidelines, if they can do that, they can win these elections in November.”

In 2017, his office canceled about 670,000 voter registrations. And now he has put on hold 50,000 new voter registrations in the state, potentially preventing those newly registered from voting. It’s no surprise that 70 percent of the registrations being held up by his office belong to African Americans.

We cannot let this stand. The NAACP is fighting back, filing lawsuits to stop this voter suppression from taking place. We need to do everything we can to support them.

Will you make a $27 contribution to support the NAACP as they fight for the right to vote in this critical moment? They are on the front lines of this fight and need our support.

Every American, no matter what his or her political view, must vigorously protest outrageous attempts to suppress the vote.

Our job is to make it easier for people to vote, not harder – regardless of who they plan on voting for. We believe our ideas can win. Clearly Republicans don’t.

In solidarity,

Bernie Sanders

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Important Message from @BernieSanders

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We are in a pivotal moment in American history, and the election on November 6 will determine, to a very significant degree, the future direction of our country.

Do we continue with a one-party, right-wing government in Washington led by a pathological liar with strong authoritarian tendencies? Or, do we stand up to Trump and fight for an agenda that represent all Americans, and not just the 1%?

That's what this election is all about.

So today, I am happy to share that I will be going out on the campaign trail for an eight-day, nine-state tour with stops in Indiana, Michigan, South Carolina, Iowa, Wisconsin, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and California.

In these states, I am going to do everything I can to win support for progressive candidates for the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House, Governor and state legislature.

In the midterm election of 2014, the United States had the lowest voter turnout since World War II. The result: Republicans won landslide victories all across the country. That has got to change, and that is what this campaign swing is all about.

Along with the candidates, I'm going to do everything I can to get working people and young people involved in the political process and to the polls.

I hope to see some of you at these events, but today I want to ask you to help fund this effort to elect candidates who will lead the fight to stand up to Donald Trump.

Can you make a $27 donation to support my re-election campaign and my efforts to elect progressive candidates all across the county? I would not ask if this were not important. I cannot do it without your help.

It has never been more important for millions of working people and progressives all across this country to come together, to take a stand against authoritarianism and oligarchy. Our job is to revitalize American democracy, end the collapse of the middle class, and to create a nation of economic, social, racial, and environmental justice.

At a time when Republicans want to suppress the vote, we have to increase voter turnout. At a time when Republicans continue their war against women, we have to elect more women to local, state and federal offices, and at a time when Trump wants to throw 32 million people off the health care they have, we have got to guarantee health care to all as a right not a privilege through a Medicare-for-all, single-payer program.

In this election, we must not only defeat the Trump agenda, but we must also fight for a government that represents all of us. That’s why I am going out on the road to support a number of great progressive candidates before November’s election.

And I am thankful to know that we are in this fight together and the political revolution continues.

In solidarity,

Bernie Sanders

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Can you make a $27 donation to support Bernie’s re-election campaign and his efforts to elect progressive candidates all across the county? He cannot do it without your help.

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