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Today’s Action: Restore voting rights!

Today, the January government shutdown ends and the threat of a February government shutdown begins, and we are no closer to protecting America’s 800,000 Dreamers or renewing health coverage for nine million of our nation’s children.

With many fights still to be fought, one thing is abundantly clear. The politicians and party in control have failed us horribly. And in less than nine months every Congressional District in the country will have a chance to make their displeasure known by voting out their self-serving Republican Members and replacing them with real Democratic leaders.

And yet, millions of American adults will be denied their right to vote.

That’s because some states deny people the right to vote because of a past conviction even after they have served out their served their sentences. In Florida alone, 1.6 million Floridians have had their voting rights taken from them — one in 10 adults.

Now, we have a chance to change this un-American, partisan political attack on our fellow citizens’ rights.

The good people at StayWoke and OurStates.org have led an effort to get voter rights restoration on Florida ballots this year, and they are 98% of the way to the signatures they need by the February 1 deadline.

Let’s help them get over the top. Here’s what you can do:

• Help cover the cost of sending petitions to Florida voters (including return postage).
• Share the Petition with friends via Facebook or Twitter or email.
• If you live in Florida, print and fill out the petition, and return it by mail — this week to ensure it arrives on time.

Every American deserves the right to have a say in their government — especially those who have paid their assigned debt to society. That right is being denied to far too many of us, and this is our chance to do something about it. But we have to act fast.

Help guarantee the right to vote today.