Yesterday, DemCast, along with 50 partner organizations, held a Digital Rally calling on Congress to protect our elections.
Over 6,000 people participated and generated over 85,000,000 million impressions.
The protections the coalition is asking for are common sense, will ensure the right of every eligible voter to vote safely, and ensures the health of everyone, from the voters to the poll workers.
Here are the asks:
- Expand Vote By Mail
- Expand Early Polling Locations
- Expand on-line voter registration and same day voter registration.
What happened in Wisconsin cannot be repeated. American’s should not have to chose between their health and their right to vote.
🚨 Please Amplify 🚨
— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 #DemCast (@DemWrite) April 30, 2020
Today, join #DemCast & dozens of partner orgs from 6 to 8pm ET in a DIGITAL RALLY.
We're urging Congress to secure $4 Billion for #VirusFreeVoting in 2020. We need YOUR voice. Here's how to join: https://t.co/yE7x7P3RTm
RT & spread our coalition's video: pic.twitter.com/gyEGWRVURR
I would literally risk my life to vote, even in the age of the #coronavirus
— Adam Cohen Lawyers for Good Government #DemCast (@axidentaliberal) April 30, 2020
But I shouldn’t have to
And neither should you
Call your representatives and tell them to put measures in place to make sure we can all vote safely
Because we all deserve #VirusFreeVoting#DemCast pic.twitter.com/eeC9lA24TM
I'm joining the nationwide call for #VirusFreeVoting. Congress must approve the funds to shift all Americans to vote by mail – and to secure the US Postal Service. #SaveThePostOffice pic.twitter.com/5TYdtCERF0
— Isabel Storey (@isastor) April 30, 2020
Wisconsin risked their lives to vote.
— Jamie Carter ❄ #DemCast (@JCTheResistance) April 30, 2020
We must ensure that no voter goes through this again.
We, the People, demand #VirusFreeVoting in November.
The @GOP is willing to risk lives just to try to suppress the vote, because they know when we VOTE, we WIN!pic.twitter.com/mxkX0WAjT3
❗️New report from the @BrennanCenter:
— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 #DemCast (@DemWrite) May 1, 2020
The $2T CARES Act only covered about 10-15% of what states like PA, GA, MI & OH need to hold safe & secure elections in the #COVID19 age.
Congress must include $4B in the next emergency bill – for #VirusFreeVoting. Pass it on. #DemCast pic.twitter.com/D0cClLkC9u
This group of California women is calling for #VirusFreeVoting! Congress must act so that all Americans can vote by mail – and to secure the US Postal Service. @tedlieu @RepTedLieu @RepKarenBass @RepAdamSchiff @SenFeinstein @SenKamalaHarris @indivisibleCA33 @GrassrootsDemHQ pic.twitter.com/0J14FLI4Oq
— Isabel Storey (@isastor) April 30, 2020
In my county we all #VoteByMail. All Californians must have that right. All Americans must have that right. No American should risk their lives and safety in order to share their voice and vote. #VirusFreeVoting.
— Rena Korb (@rena_korb) April 30, 2020
.@GavinNewsom .@KevinMullin @ViewFromHill pic.twitter.com/WLjZQtuWn0
I fought for the right of every citizen to be able to safely vote.
— Skyleigh #StayHome 71st Day@🏠 (@Sky_Lee_1) May 1, 2020
Would I a high risk patient for #COVID19 go out & vote if that was my only option, absolutely!
Please contact your REP’s every day & demand #VirusFreeVoting! #NovemberIsComing #VoteByMail pic.twitter.com/qgkyqkqyy4
Congress! We need $4B in funds in the next #Coronavirus relief bill so that Americans aren’t forced to choose between their health and casting a vote in the November election. Please ensure #VirusFreeVoting@RepKarenBass @SenFeinstein @KamalaHarris pic.twitter.com/S7y2Gz5VR6
— Joe Rose (@joe_rose_) April 30, 2020
With one click, write to all 3 federal reps, plus your Governor and your state reps saying: it's time to ensure #VirusFreeVoting. So easy, please take a minute and fight to protect our elections and our health and safety!https://t.co/35fdDR4j8F pic.twitter.com/nrzHF9WW9A
— Jethro Somes (@JethroSomes) April 30, 2020
#VirusFreeVoting is a MUST in all future elections. Without free, fair and safe elections, we don’t have a democracy. Please demand your reps take action at the federal level immediately. #VoteByMail @indivisibleCA33 @IndivisibleTeam @tedlieu @KamalaHarris @SenFeinstein pic.twitter.com/EnvnLjyeUx
— Jackie Pepper ✊🏽☮️🌊 (@Jackie_Pepper) May 1, 2020
.@IndivisibleIL says we need Congress to include $4B in the next coronavirus package to expand early in-person voting and no-excuse absentee vote-by-mail to all states (and a few other things). #VirusFreeVoting #PeoplesAgendaPledge
— Indivisible Guide (@IndivisibleTeam) April 30, 2020
Record your video: https://t.co/juZwxEsVrC pic.twitter.com/WZVqapxUsk
Dear @tedlieu @KamalaHarris @SenFeinstein @KatieHill4CA @ChristyforCA25 @AsmAutumnBurke @BenAllenCA @GavinNewsom @SheilaKuehl @TorieOsb
— Duane Bindschadler (@dbindsch) April 30, 2020
We need all our leaders to stand up for #VirusFreeVotinghttps://t.co/P28AGUJ7JS pic.twitter.com/8iZEsQjZGk
I demand Congress vote to fund to protect our elections by including $4 billion dollars to shift to vote-by-mail and protect USPS. No more bills without election protection! #VirusFreeVotinghttps://t.co/c7lmTiEDJJ #Indivisible @IndivisibleTeam @nbcchicago @maddow @SenatorDurbin
— Indivisible IL9 – Andersonville-Edgewater (@indivisible9IL) April 30, 2020
Monroe County Residents #FL26
— FloridaKeysDems (@DemsKeys) April 30, 2020
Buddy has a PSA for you about voting.#VBM is #VirusFreeVoting pic.twitter.com/s4bC2O3v5G
https://t.co/FiUUTEnlbh #VirusFreeVoting #DemCast #FieldTeam6
— Field Team 6 (@fieldteam_6) April 30, 2020
The @GOP is willing to risk the lives of voters.
— Jamie Carter ❄ #DemCast (@JCTheResistance) April 30, 2020
We need:
*Vote by mail ( it works in Utah) for ALL states
*Expanded on line voter registration
*Expanded early voting
Congress must include this in the next round of #coronavirus funding.
We, the people, demand #VirusFreeVoting pic.twitter.com/vUCZtonHu3
Grandma deserves to be able to vote without risking her health…maybe her life. Give us #VirusFreeVoting now. Keep #COVID19 at bay! pic.twitter.com/wqVfZnV7YU
— Peggy Stuart (@PeggyStuart) April 30, 2020
We're seniors; our daughter is an ICU nurse. Congress, I urge you to protect my sacred right to vote by guaranteeing $4 billion dollars is in the next relief bill to shift all of us to vote-by-mail and protect USPS. No more bills without election protection! #VirusFreeVoting pic.twitter.com/79AC1n9o3P
— Sally Deal (@SallyDeal4) April 30, 2020
Let me vote safely – let everyone! @RepBobbyRush @SenDuckworth @SenatorDurbin – in next CARES bill, put $5 bn to ensure vote by mail and save the post office. #VirusFreeVoting pic.twitter.com/LdumxBxoPg
— Betsy Rubin (@BetsyRubin) April 30, 2020
Congress must fund at least $4B in the next Relief bill to protect our elections. We need vote by mail nationwide #VirusFreeVoting @RepAndyLevin @SenGaryPeters @SenStabenow pic.twitter.com/NC7P9wevDb
— Paula Mantay (@PaulaMantay) April 30, 2020
Hey @RepJimmyGomez @SenKamalaHarris and @SenFeinstein I don't want to have to risk my life to vote in November. Please, no new stimulus package without funding for the Postal Service and an extended #VoteByMail & #EarlyVoting program. We want #VirusFreeVoting and we want it NOW! pic.twitter.com/lQHEbEYpqi
— Jessica Craven #DemCast (@Craven7Jessica) April 30, 2020
With the coronavirus raging through the U.S, why is this even a thing?#VirusFreeVoting pic.twitter.com/g0Ls9atQ2U
— Kevin Fewell (@KevinFewell1) April 30, 2020
Voting should be easy, rapid and widely available to every citizen in the comfort of their homes.#VirusFreeVoting also, makes a difference in our children's lives.#DemCast #DemCastTX pic.twitter.com/X7AKaqme0r
— Mal_Torres #DemCast (@saenzmom) April 30, 2020
Americans demand the right to vote safely. This means not risking our lives during a pandemic. Congress must fund #VoteByMail for #VirusFreeVoting pic.twitter.com/CK88OYhZuf
— Rena Korb (@rena_korb) April 30, 2020
We need safe and fair elections this November. There’s only one way to make that happen for every voter-vote by mail. Congress must step up and make that happen. #VirusFreeVoting #VoteByMail @senrobportman @SenSherrodBrown @DavidPepper @DemWrite pic.twitter.com/nO1RYPWaBl
— TRexTif (@rex_tif) April 30, 2020
If our vote wasn't so important, they wouldn't try to take it away. We have to act now to protect it. We need $4B to secure our elections, expand vote by mail, online registration and early voting so we don't have to choose between our vote and our health. #VirusFreeVoting pic.twitter.com/3Elb3kyqy5
— Emily (@blahdiem) April 30, 2020
My vote gives me a seat at the table. No pandemic, no party, no president will take away my right to vote. I demand Congress make online registration, vote-by-mail, safe polling locations law across the country. #VirusFreeVoting @JohnCornyn @SenTedCruz pic.twitter.com/cfOykffoMk
— CleanElectionsTexas (@CETexas) April 30, 2020
We should not have to risk our lives to make our voice heard📬
— tina melissen 🌊🌊😷 (@tmelissen1219) April 30, 2020
DEMAND #VirusFreeVoting pic.twitter.com/ezcTaMISDl
Gotta get down to it
— Rachel McGonagill (@RachelMcGonagi1) May 1, 2020
His lies are cutting us down
Should have been gone long ago
What if you knew them
Had to put their mass graves in the ground
How can you stand when you know?#VirusFreeVoting 🇺🇸 #DemCast 🇺🇸 #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/aywEjewtmz
No one should have to choose between their health and their right to vote. We need Congress to fund #VirusFreeVoting. #VoteByMail2020 pic.twitter.com/NmHsuzJlf6
— Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (@AsmJesseGabriel) April 30, 2020
#VirusFreeVoting I shouldn’t have to choose between my health and my vote! Call your legislator to get funding to support vote by mail! pic.twitter.com/lJFMJ5F1U7
— PJ Edwards (@ThatPJ) April 30, 2020
Voters shouldn't have to choose between their health & their vote. All states need solutions like Vote by Mail and Early Voting. Act now to secure them for the November election. Contact your Reps today. @RepWalberg @SenGaryPeters @SenStabenow #VirusFreeVoting #DemCast #DemCastMI pic.twitter.com/jpuFLj6Zmd
— JBean #DemCastMI 🌊〽️ (@WhitchMI) April 30, 2020
Our sacred right to vote can’t be the next victim of COVID. We demand #VirusFreeVoting pic.twitter.com/LvbAqr60vT
— Joshua Rawlings (@voterawlings) April 30, 2020
#VirusFreeVoting seems like a no-brainer. But so are shoulder-to-shoulder marches by gun-toting rednecks; no brainers, indeed. FUND VOTE BY MAIL AND THE POST OFFICE! Duh. That's the first letter of "d"emocracy. pic.twitter.com/nK1tKsDAsE
— Marty Perlmutter (@stillhigher) April 29, 2020
#VirusFreeVoting Digital Rally Day of Action https://t.co/XXlOYvS3XI pic.twitter.com/L1mDEqfbmX
— Indivisible Tacoma (@IndivisibleTac) April 29, 2020
We Need #VirusFreeVoting pic.twitter.com/05qULCHXzS
— Fraochs Warren 2020!! (@Fraochs) April 30, 2020
#VirusFreeVoting – $4B needed to fund it in all states, vote by mail. It’s nonpartisan, protects the elderly, vulnerable, and immune compromised. Now more than ever during COVID-19, it’s clear that no one — no poll workers and no potential voters, should risk their lives to vote. pic.twitter.com/OnnemsOfNZ
— Susan Sheu (@SheuSusan) April 30, 2020
We should not have to choose between voting or our health. Expand VOTE BY MAIL to ensure every voter can safely cast a ballot without delay. #VirusFreeVoting @TammyforIL @RepCasten @GovPritzker @SenatorDurbin @TCHfor48 @SuzyGlowiak @IndivisibleTeam @IndivisibleIL #VoteByMail2020 pic.twitter.com/YbtJFnjP3u
— JEV60137 (@JEV60137) April 30, 2020
Take action to demand #VirusFreeVoting here https://t.co/Q7B8IcEWaF pic.twitter.com/FM5krZbPxC
— Val M. (@Val_on_food) April 30, 2020
#VirusFreeVoting In order that we have a free, fair, and safe election, we need hand marked paper ballots, early voting, and vote by mail. Make sure our representatives include funding for voting security in future bills. Go to https://t.co/PAq1f7tFqr or https://t.co/mU3X8CtXqt pic.twitter.com/SnsCpjTM8p
— Pat Fuller #stayhome #VoteBlue #KnowYourPower (@bannerite) April 30, 2020
We voters demand $4billion to fund mail in absentee voting nationwide. We need to fund the post office. This is about preserving democracy and keeping all American voters safe and enfranchised. #VirusFreeVoting @GovWhitmer @RepAndyLevin @SenStabenow @SenGaryPeters pic.twitter.com/2d0QcRNqjU
— jean (@jeanspuds) April 30, 2020
#VirusFreeVoting https://t.co/LtfZfcWhOG @fieldteam_6 Maybe voting from home in a pandemic is a good idea… pic.twitter.com/irwqjeCGi5
— Dale Roy Robinson (@dale_roy1) April 30, 2020
We must have ways to safely vote in every state in November.
— Lori Coleman⛈ is staying home (@DemocracyStorm) April 30, 2020
Healthcare providers are begging us to stay home to stop the spread of the virus.
Congress must expand Vote by Mail, early voting, and online registration to prevent the spread of the virus!#VirusFreeVoting pic.twitter.com/w5kKnZY8XF
No one should have to choose between their health and their right to vote!@SenJohnKennedy @SenBillCassidy @garretgraves
— Jane (@JaneVoter2018) April 30, 2020
Vote for funding to protect our elections & fund the Post Office! We need to be prepared to vote-by-mail. #VirusFreeVoting #DemCastLA #lagov #COVIDー19 pic.twitter.com/UHUhvzdPeT
The coronavirus pandemic is impacting virtually every aspect of our lives – including our ability to participate in our democracy. Please share our campaign to make sure voting is safe and secure for every citizen.#VirusFreeVoting pic.twitter.com/NKXVVjrIL9
— TRUMP IS THE VIRUS 🦠 (@QuidProSchmo) April 30, 2020
We should not have to choose between voting or our health. Expand VOTE BY MAIL to ensure every voter can safely cast a ballot without delay. #VirusFreeVoting @TammyforIL @RepCasten @GovPritzker @SenatorDurbin @TCHfor48 @SuzyGlowiak @IndivisibleTeam @IndivisibleIL #VoteByMail2020 pic.twitter.com/BVpapbLsTP
— Illuminator (@WakeUpDJTVoters) April 30, 2020
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