To: Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity
Tell Trump's voter suppression commission -- we won't be intimidated!
I'm deeply concerned that the Pence-Kobach commission's recent request for private information about every voter in the country could be the first of many attempts to push nationwide voting restrictions.
I'm glad that state election officials have put their duty to voters above this partisan attack on voters, and I want you to know that the American people will not be intimidated out of exercising our freedom to vote.
I'm glad that state election officials have put their duty to voters above this partisan attack on voters, and I want you to know that the American people will not be intimidated out of exercising our freedom to vote.
Why is this important?
Thanks to YOU, President Trump's phony voting task force is getting the bipartisan rebuke it deserves, from election officials in 48 states that are refusing to turn over all that the commission is asking for -- including voters' private data.
Remember, it's only because people like you spoke out that we've been able to stop this anti-voter attack in its tracks. So I know that if we keep speaking out, we can protect the freedom to vote for every American.
Tell the Pence-Kobach commission that their attempts to intimidate voters won't work -- send them a message directly and tell them you won’t let anything stop you from exercising your freedom to vote.
The President appointed Vice President Mike Pence to lead the commission with Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an architect of some of the worst voter suppression tactics states have put in place in recent years.
From what we've seen so far, the Pence-Kobach commission appears to be paving the way to kick eligible Americans off of voter registration rolls, push for new voting restrictions, and intimidate voters from exercising their freedom to vote.
When the President set up his Pence-Kobach voting commission, I was concerned it could be used to justify the President's false claims about voter fraud and provide a platform for the Trump Administration to establish nationwide barriers to voting. And when that commission asked for private information about every voter in the country, I was worried they'd use it to fuel Kobach’s faulty nationwide "cross-check" program that will purge hundreds of thousands of legitimate, eligible voters.
That's why I'm so glad tens of thousands of activists like you spoke out in their communities -- telling local election officials to put their duty to voters above partisan attacks on voting rights, and protect our privacy from Trump's commission. And we can breathe a sigh of relief, because your voice made a difference, and state election officials listened.
But this is just the tip of Donald Trump's voter suppression iceberg. Let's show the Pence-Kobach commission we won’t let them suppress our votes.
Remember, it's only because people like you spoke out that we've been able to stop this anti-voter attack in its tracks. So I know that if we keep speaking out, we can protect the freedom to vote for every American.
Tell the Pence-Kobach commission that their attempts to intimidate voters won't work -- send them a message directly and tell them you won’t let anything stop you from exercising your freedom to vote.
The President appointed Vice President Mike Pence to lead the commission with Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an architect of some of the worst voter suppression tactics states have put in place in recent years.
From what we've seen so far, the Pence-Kobach commission appears to be paving the way to kick eligible Americans off of voter registration rolls, push for new voting restrictions, and intimidate voters from exercising their freedom to vote.
When the President set up his Pence-Kobach voting commission, I was concerned it could be used to justify the President's false claims about voter fraud and provide a platform for the Trump Administration to establish nationwide barriers to voting. And when that commission asked for private information about every voter in the country, I was worried they'd use it to fuel Kobach’s faulty nationwide "cross-check" program that will purge hundreds of thousands of legitimate, eligible voters.
That's why I'm so glad tens of thousands of activists like you spoke out in their communities -- telling local election officials to put their duty to voters above partisan attacks on voting rights, and protect our privacy from Trump's commission. And we can breathe a sigh of relief, because your voice made a difference, and state election officials listened.
But this is just the tip of Donald Trump's voter suppression iceberg. Let's show the Pence-Kobach commission we won’t let them suppress our votes.