Please don't delete this email about voter suppression

Friend, it's incredible to see the record number of voters turning out to vote. This is democracy in action! However, as thousands of voters are waiting for hours to cast their ballots, this is also democracy failing. This is voter suppression. While this is all happening, the Senate is in the process of confirming Trump's nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Justice Ginsburg wrote the powerful and passionate [dissent]( in the 2013 Supreme Court ruling on Shelby v. Holder that, in a narrow 5-4 vote, killed key provisions in the Voting Rights Act. The ruling in this case struck down a central provision of the 1965 landmark law that forced states and jurisdictions, primarily though not exclusively in the south, to clear in advance any changes to election procedures with the Department of Justice or a federal court. In her dissent, Justice Ginsburg wrote of the ruling “Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.” She also explained in her dissent how second-generation barriers like gerrymandering and at-large voting arrangements were designed to dilute voters' influence. Justice Ginsburg's dissent was a warning that without this oversight, there was no longer a safeguard against backsliding into voter discrimination -- and she was correct. Since the Voting Rights Act was gutted, we have seen a resurgence of voter suppression in the form of voter ID laws, voter roll purges, cutting back on early voting access, and the closing or relocation of polling locations in frontline communities. Many of these changes have resulted in the hour-long lines that we are seeing today. [It is up to all of us to uphold Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legacy. That's why Daily Kos is working non-stop to delay the confirmation of Trump's Supreme Court nomination until after the inauguration and simultaneously fight to make sure as many people as possible are able to cast their ballots in this election. Please help us continue our work by $5 today.]( Keep fighting, Amanda McKay, Daily Kos If you wish to donate by mail instead, please send a check to Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612. Contributions to Daily Kos are not tax deductible. (Please note that we may be slow to process checks during the coronavirus outbreak.) Sent via [ActionNetwork.org](. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Daily Kos, please [click here](.