Advocates Call on Congress to Fund Elections Immediately

Civil Rights:

In addition, to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, the following groups are joining The Leadership Conference in engaging in a day of action tomorrow, August 6, as they continue advocating for congressional funding to ensure safe and accessible elections this year:

ACLU Action Group Network ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Alaskans Take A Stand American Federation of Teachers Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) Andrew Goodman Foundation Arab American Institute Black Women Rising Blue Future Brady Campus Vote Project Center for American Progress Center for Disability Rights Clean Elections Texas Climate Reality Action Fund Color Of Change Common Cause Communications Workers of America Daily Kos Declaration for American Democracy Demcast USA Democracy 21 Democracy Initiative End Citizens United / Let America Vote Action Fund Franciscan Action Network Generation Progress Greenpeace USA HAZMAT America Impact Fund In Our Own Voice: Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda Indivisible Lawyers for Good Government Let Nevadans Vote Little Lobbyists MALDEF Missouri Voter Protection Coalition Movement Advancement Project NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. National Association of Social Workers National Council of Jewish Women National Urban League Young Professionals NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice Oxfam America PFAW Planned Parenthood Action Fund Poligon Education Fund Progressive Turnout Project Public Citizen Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Stand Up America Texas Progressive Action Network UnidosUS Union of Concerned Scientists United Methodist Church – General Board of Church and Society When We All Vote YWCA USA

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