For those who can access it, here is an excellent opinion piece from today's New York Times. If you are left of center you may disagree with the assessment of the two conservative authors about the "sins of the left." If you tend toward the conservative side then you may find what they say about today's Republican Party hard to accept. In either case it's worth considering what they have to say.

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We are fortunate to live in a democracy. Here at Indivisible AVL we believe that the vast majority of Americans support the key concepts that every vote should count and that every voter should have reasonably easy access to voting.

So why are some politicians opposed to legislation that would protect voting rights and access? Why are they still lying about voter fraud? Is it because they see short-term political gain in sowing division and suppressing voting rights?

Let’s hold all of our elected officials - national, state and local - accountable for supporting voting rights. It's simple - protect our democracy and protect voting rights! #TruthBrigade

For more info, check out some of these references:

FiveThirtyEight: What Might Democrats’ Voting Rights Bill Entail? https://53eig.ht/3fBIVtF

The Washington Post: What Martin Luther King Jr. said about the filibuster: ‘A minority of misguided senators’ https://wapo.st/3nFLPSu

TAKE ACTION: Call Burr & Tillis to Support the "Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act"

Following Martin Luther King Day, we call on everyone to advocate for one of the most crucial pieces of voting rights legislation ever, the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act.

Republican senators have persisted for months in opposition to both the Freedom to Vote Act (the current version of the For the People Act) and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (the reauthorization of the longstanding Voting Rights Act, with provisions that would restore protections recently gutted by the Supreme Court). Republican obstructionists have refused even to allow either bill to come up for debate. So late last week the House took a bill the Senate had already passed, added both the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, renamed it the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, and sent it back to the Senate. This means that the Senate can no longer simply ignore it.

For the first time, this crucial voting rights legislation can bypass procedural motions to open debate and go straight to the Senate floor.

Debate on H.R. 5746, the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, is now scheduled to begin when the Senate reconvenes at noon on Tuesday, January 18, with a vote expected on Wednesday.

TAKE ACTION: Call Burr & Tillis to Support the "Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act." For more info and links for calling, go to https://bit.ly/IAVLJLewisAct.