[ACT NOW] It’s past time that Congress pass the Freedom to Vote Act

How elections would look different with the Freedom to Vote Act Problems viewing this email? [View it in your browser]( [Center for American Progress]( InProgress from the Center for American Progress To make sure you never miss an email from us, please add progress@americanprogress.org to your contacts or safe senders list. Thanks for staying connected with us! How elections could have been transformed to the benefit of all Americans [Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during early voting in Brooklyn, New York, on November 1, 2022. (Getty/Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency)]( Photo credit: Getty Images Since 2019, Congress has worked to pass key voting rights legislation that would improve election administration and security nationwide and guarantee easy access to the ballot box for all American citizens. Yet this year will mark the third federal and second presidential election cycle administered without the pro-democracy policies in the Freedom to Vote Act (FTVA). [Keep Reading]( The U.S. House of Representatives has delivered for the American people by passing the FTVA—transformative legislation that would strengthen voting rights, safeguard the electoral process, prohibit partisan gerrymandering, and curb dark money in politics—but the legislation has been blocked in the U.S. Senate through the use of the [filibuster](. The FTVA is needed now more than ever to strengthen U.S. elections and democracy, particularly at a time when Americans are increasingly losing faith in government and institutions, including Congress. Read the Center for American Progress’ [new report]( to see how this year’s elections would look different if some of the FTVA’s key voting rights, voter registration, and election administration policies had been enacted prior to the 2024 presidential election cycle. [HOW WOULD the FTVA HAVE impacted ELECTIONS?]( [Fact sheets]( highlighting how the FTVA could affect state elections—including in [Texas]( [Florida]( [Ohio]( and [Wisconsin]( also available. [EXPLORE THE STATE FACT SHEETS]( Americans’ trust and faith in government institutions and democracy are waning. Transformative change is needed to expand, not restrict, access to the ballot box. It’s past time that Congress pass the Freedom to Vote Act to demonstrate a genuine commitment to defending American democracy. Congress cannot allow another federal election cycle to pass without ensuring that all Americans’ constitutional right to vote is upheld. 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