Progressive groups launch $30 million effort to push voting rights legislation
Two left-leaning groups are teaming up to pour $30 million into an effort to persuade US senators to pass a sweeping voting rights bill that would counter efforts by state GOP lawmakers to restrict voting access.
The plan from End Citizens United/Let America Vote and the National Democratic Redistricting Committee is to spend $20 million on a television and digital advertising campaign and $10 million on a grassroots effort to try to get the legislation passed.
"Our goal is to get support to pass this bill and to show members of the Senate that their constituents believe this is a bill that just has to pass," said Adam Bozzi, vice president of communications for End Citizens United/Let America Vote.
The bill, which passed the Democrat-led House earlier this month, would expand voting access as well as improve transparency and accountability in Washington. But it comes as GOP-led state legislatures across the country have introduced efforts to curtail voting rights.
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