Democracy Happy Hour - July 1, 2020

Fix Democracy First hosts a weekly Democracy Happy Hour on Wednesdays @ 5-6pm PT. Grab a drink and join us and  learn about the latest democracy efforts, challenges, solutions, as well upcoming events and actions.

Recording from Wednesday, July 1st, 2020:

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Links from Discussion:

GOP support for mail voting is growing, but hard to hear over Trump - https://thefulcrum.us/vote-by-mail-2646306822

Trump campaign sues Pennsylvania over easier absentee voting - https://thefulcrum.us/voting/absentee-voting-pennsylvania-2646299405

Preparing Your State for an Election Under Pandemic Conditions - https://bit.ly/31BCKQg

Senate strips provision from intelligence bill requiring campaigns to report foreign election help - https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/30/politics/senate-removes-ban-foreign-election-help/index.html

The Media Can’t Treat Election Night 2020 Like Years Past - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/media-cant-treat-election-night-2020-years-past  

Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century - https://www.amacad.org/ourcommonpurpose/report

Our Common Purpose video: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/30/politics/senate-removes-ban-foreign-election-help/index.html

#DemocracyOpenMic - A social media campaign that lets you use your creativity to make your voice heard on the urgent need to protect our vote during the COVID-19 pandemic - https://declarationforamericandemocracy.org/openmic/