It's Time to Address the Cracks in Our Democracy

Unfortunately, this election — like many events in 2020 — has exposed existing cracks in our fragile democratic experiment, and Congress must work with the incoming administration to strengthen our democratic institutions. We must double down to end voter suppression, mitigate threats to election security, stop the influence of big money in politics, and make sure every American has access to the democratic institutions the founders fought for.... Last March, the House passed H.R. 1, a comprehensive package of democracy reforms to clean up our elections. The bill includes campaign finance reform, automatic voter registration, restoration of voting rights for formerly incarcerated individuals, and ethics reform — all of which will restore power to the people. The bills were not even given a hearing by the U.S. Senate due to unprecedented obstruction from Majority Leader McConnell. However, I believe that under the Biden administration, Congress will pass these bills to protect the sacred right to vote.