our plan to fight back

Common Cause is on the ground right now, fighting back in these active statehouse battles.

Pamela, we just got a major victory in our fight against rigged maps in Georgia. Lawmakers rejected Trump’s call to implement new, rigged maps that intentionally diluted the power of Black and Brown voters across the state. [1] This win was powered by Common Cause Georgia members, who took 40,000 actions to demand their representatives protect fair representation. After Callais, Common Cause was on the ground almost immediately – fighting to ensure We The People decide our elections. Read on to learn about our plans to defend our right to vote and how you can join us. Pamela, Right now, a highly coordinated, well-funded partisan machine is sweeping across the South with one clear goal: rewrite the rules of our democracy to guarantee their own power. In Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Florida, politicians have been working overtime to push maps that threaten fair representation. They aren't trying to reflect population changes—they're trying to systematically dilute the power of Black, brown, and other minority voters. If they succeed in these states, it will create a domino effect that shifts the balance of power for a decade, undoing decades of progress and struggle for a country where we’re all equal before the law. Common Cause is on the ground right now, fighting back in these active statehouse battles—but we cannot do it alone. Will you take action today to power our rapid-response organizing and train the frontline volunteers we need to defeat the far right’s new Southern Strategy? We know how to stop these power grabs because we’ve done it before. When the White House tried to force its unfair mid-decade maps on Indiana, Common Cause launched aggressive, targeted messaging campaigns that put a massive public spotlight right on the map-drawers. We flooded voters' inboxes and feeds, broke through the noise, and mobilized thousands of people to—against all the odds—force politicians to back down. Now, we are deploying that exact same playbook in Georgia, South Carolina, and every other state that considers redrawing their maps to silence minority voters. Your support today will directly fund the massive voter education and media campaigns needed to expose these backroom map deals before they can be voted into law, as well as the legal fights that follow if they do. But halting the maps is only half the battle. When partisan politicians manipulate district lines, it creates mass confusion at the ballot box. Voters show up to their historic polling places only to find out their district has changed; the candidates are different, or their polling site has moved. That is why your gift today pulls double duty. It doesn't just fund our active public campaigns to kill these maps—it also funds the recruitment, training, and deployment of nonpartisan Election Protection volunteers. The map-drawers are banking on the rest of the country looking the other way while they dismantle representation in the South. We aren't going to let that happen. Pamela, please make your first tax-deductible gift today. Let's protect the South, train our volunteers, and ensure that voters—not politicians—dictate the future of our democracy. If you've saved your info with ActBlue, we'll process your contribution instantly: CHIP IN $5 CHIP IN $10 CHIP IN $20 CHIP IN $35 CHIP IN $50 CHIP IN $100 CHIP IN OTHER AMOUNT Thank you for being a vital part of this fight, The team at Common Cause [1] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/georgia-republican-legislative-leaders-reject-governors-call-for-2028-redistricting Common Cause is a leader in fights that matter at the local, state, and national level. Your support helps us fight special interests, hold elected officials accountable, and build a better democracy for all Americans. DONATE Interested in volunteering with our Action Team? Sign up here. 805 15th Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005 202.833.1200 https://commoncause.org Common Cause’s work to defend and strengthen our democracy is powered by members like you. You can use this link to unsubscribe or let us know you'd like to receive fewer emails from us.

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