Time is quickly running out for the Senate to pass key legislation necessary to protect voting rights and our democracy. GOP obstruction has stalled passage of two landmark measures—the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act—which can preserve minority voting rights and protect against voter suppression laws enacted in some 20 states, brazen partisan gerrymandering and sabotage of the Electoral College count. If republicans are unwilling, as it appears they are, to pass these measures then Senate democrats must be prepared to abolish the filibuster in the name of securing our democracy. Democrats are facing a ticking clock. GOP-enacted voter suppression laws represent an existential threat to our democracy and democrats cannot dither. Once lost, our democracy may be irretrievable.
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