Resources
Resources on what is in the Freedom to Vote Act:
- Common Cause: What is the For the People Act?
- The Brennan Center for Justice: Annotated Guide to the For the People Act of 2021
- Campaign Legal Center: The For the People Act: How Key H.R. 1 Provisions Would Fix Democracy Problems
- Center for American Progress: Momentum Grows for Bold Democracy Reform
- Democracy Reform Task Force: Section by Section: H.R. 1, The For the People Act of 2021
- Let America Vote and Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights: Problems in 2020 Elections Solved by the For the People Act and John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act
- Text of H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2021
- Section-by-section of the For the People Act of 2021
- Groups endorsing the For the People Act of 2021
Resources on how the Freedom to Vote Act empowers everyday Americans:
- Demos: The Impact of Select H.R.1/S.1 Policy Changes on Black and Brown Political Power
- Campaign Legal Center: How H.R. 1 Will Help Us Achieve a Government for the People
Resources on how the Freedom to Vote Act is based on local reforms with bipartisan support:
- Common Cause: The For the People Act in the States
- Campaign Legal Center: The Bipartisan Origins & Impact of the For the People Act (H.R. 1/S. 1)
- CREW: Nonpartisan and bipartisan HR 1 recommendations
How you can take action to tell Congress to pass the Freedom to Vote Act:
- Click here to share pro-For the People Act messages and graphics on social media
- Click here to email your member of Congress in support of the For the People Act
- Click here to call your member of Congress in support of the For the People Act
- Click here to write a letter to the editor in your local newspaper in support of For the People Act
- Click here to join Common Cause’s action team to phonebank or textbank members of Congress
Selected editorials and opinion pieces on the Freedom to Vote Act:
- Karen Hobert Flynn of Common Cause in Inside Sources: Why We Need the “For the People Act”
- Sylvia Albert of Common Cause in Roll Call: Why Congress must pass HR 1 and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act
- Stephen Spaulding of Common Cause in The Hill: The parts of H.R. 1 you haven’t heard about
- Kate Titus of Common Cause Oregon in the Statesman Journal: A bill of, by and ‘For the People’
- Quentin Turner of Common Cause Michigan in the Lansing State Journal: For the People Act will protect our vote, amplify the voices of marginalized communities
- The Washington Post Editorial Board: Republicans want more voter suppression. Here’s how to make elections more fair — not less.
- Stacey Abrams in The Washington Post: Our Democracy Faced a Near Death Experience. Here’s How To Revive It.
- Jon Schwarz in The Intercept: The “For the People Act” Would Make The U.S. A Democracy
