Vote By Mail will Ensure a Safe and Fair November

What could Minnetonka, Minnesota and Loveland, Colorado possibly have in common? It’s neither ice fishing nor rodeos. It’s mail-in ballots. In 2018, our respective congressional districts — Minnesota’s 3rd and Colorado’s 2nd — generated the highest voter turnout among the 435 districts in the country, with a 73% participation rate by eligible voters…. Common-sense tools like pre-registration, automatic voter registration, early voting, and voting by mail are vital for a healthy, engaged democracy. Such measures enjoy broad support among Americans of all political perspectives and were included in the House of Representative’s first order of business in 2019 – H.R. 1, the For the People Act. The act is a bold democratic reform bill focused on making voting more accessible for everyone. H.R. 1 would enact nation-wide automatic voter registration and same day registration, expand early voting and mail balloting, strengthen our nation’s ethics laws and work to remove dark money from our politics. In light of the unprecedented crisis through which our country is now navigating, we cannot allow the tiresome partisan squabbling that left H.R. 1 languishing on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s desk to risk the health of Americans who wish to vote this November. And that means all Americans; Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Independents and anyone who wishes to participate.