To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Save American Democracy! Fight for a Democracy Reconstruction Act!
To Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi: We Americans have always thought of ourselves as the greatest democracy in the world. But, sadly, our democracy is not always very democratic: too often political gamesmanship thwarts the will of the people. For the sake of our children and to set an example for the rest of the world, we must do better. Please fight for a package of key reforms, a Democracy Reconstruction Act: universal voter registration; the end of the filibuster rule; non-partisan redistricting; publicly financed elections; representation for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. territories.
Why is this important?
We Americans have always thought of ourselves as the greatest democracy in the world. But, sadly, our democracy is not always very democratic: too often political gamesmanship thwarts the will of the people. For the sake of our children and to set an example for the rest of the world, we must do better. We could do so with a few key reforms: universal voter registration; the end of the filibuster rule; non-partisan redistricting; publicly financed elections; representation for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. territories.