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ICYMI: The Washington Informer: DCCC’s Eight-Figure Commitment To Fighting Voter Suppression

As Republicans across the country double down on their voter suppression crusade, the Washington Informer is reporting on the DCCC and DSCC’s eight-figure investment in protecting voting rights and the DCCC’s multi-million dollar field effort to place organizers in battleground regions across the country.

The Washington Informer

“Bustos notes that when it comes to the litigation, winning ballot access and similarly-related lawsuits which protect early voting days yield positive consequences well beyond the current election cycle of 2020, particularly for Blacks – still disproportionately disenfranchised despite both record-breaking numbers of Blacks elected to Congress and the landmark, two-term victory of Barack Obama as the nation’s first African-American president. Thus, their efforts serve as critical civil rights work with the Democratic party leading the way.” 

Key Points From The Washington Informer’s piece on the DCCC strategy to protect and expand the House majority  

DCCC Employs Innovative Game Plan to Increase New Democratic Majority
By D. Kevin McNeir, Washington Informer Editor

https://blackpressusa.com/dccc-employs-innovative-game-plan-to-increase-new-democratic-majority/

  • [The] Campaign Arm of House Dems Expanding Access to Ballot thru Legal Victories
  • “[We] know that voting is an essential right and that expanding access to ballot is good for our democracy,” [Rep. Cheri Bustos] said.
  • Bustos notes that when it comes to the litigation, winning ballot access and similarly-related lawsuits which protect early voting days yield positive consequences well beyond the current election cycle of 2020, …
  • As an example of their hard work, the DCCC recently celebrated a legislative victory in South Carolina, just ahead of the upcoming State primary, which opens access to the ballot for nearly one million unregistered voters, 400,000 of whom they estimate to be people of color.
  • Initiatives Launched to Foster Dems’ Success in 2020: Last Spring, the DCCC unfolded a multi-million dollar program, “March Forward,” which began with 60-plus field organizers in battleground states across the U.S. ahead of November 2020 – the earliest they’ve ever begun to engage Democratic coalitions as they attempt to take grassroots organizing to the next level.
  • Since its inception, March Forward looks to bring more Americans, in cities big and small, into the Democratic Party while continuing the DCCC’s heralded “Cycle of Engagement” – a program designed to foster greater voter registration drives within communities of color.




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