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To: Nancy Pelosi, Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell, and Chuck Schumer
We Need Nationwide Count Every Vote Legislation
There are 28 states that suppress votes by not counting ballots that arrive after Election Day even if they were postmarked by Election Day. At the same time, the president deliberately undermined USPS's capacity to process mail in a timely manner.
We need nationwide legislation to prohibit states from invalidating ballots that are postmarked by Election Day.
We need nationwide legislation to prohibit states from invalidating ballots that are postmarked by Election Day.
Why is this important?
In the midst of a global pandemic that dramatically increased the safety risks of physically going to the polls to vote, several states decided to suppress voter turnout by creating rules that effectively invalidate mail in ballots that arrive after Election Day even if they are postmarked by Election Day. To be precise, there are 28 states that do not allow postmarked ballots to arrive after Election Day.
Simultaneously, the President of the United States has deliberately undermined the operations and sustainability of the United States Postal Service and impeded its capacity to process mail, including ballots, in a timely manner.
Thus, regardless of the outcome of the 2020 general election, it is clear that we need stronger federal protections for American voters so that every vote counts and so that states cannot suppress votes in the aforementioned manner.
In America, our hope is that we are better than this.
Not counting votes is unacceptable.
Ignoring votes is unacceptable.
And voter disenfranchisement is unacceptable.
Simultaneously, the President of the United States has deliberately undermined the operations and sustainability of the United States Postal Service and impeded its capacity to process mail, including ballots, in a timely manner.
Thus, regardless of the outcome of the 2020 general election, it is clear that we need stronger federal protections for American voters so that every vote counts and so that states cannot suppress votes in the aforementioned manner.
In America, our hope is that we are better than this.
Not counting votes is unacceptable.
Ignoring votes is unacceptable.
And voter disenfranchisement is unacceptable.