Our Democracy Priorities

Our Democracy Priorities

Rebalance government representation, provide and protect voting rights, facilitate a true democracy with access, accountability, and fairness.

Rebalance government representation, provide and protect voting rights, facilitate a true democracy with access, accountability, and fairness.

End the use of the electoral college system, which was created to empower slave states.

Protect true and fair representation in the structure of our democracy.

  • Consider term limits for the legislative branch of the United States federal government.

  • Reform campaign spending regulations, including caps on individual and PAC spending.
  • Remove barriers for youth and communities of color to be represented at the state and federal levels of elected office.
  • Immediately pass statehood for the District of Columbia and voting rights and representation for residents of Puerto Rico.

Audit local, state, and federal district maps for the rigging that has stifled democratic representation for communities of color and guide states in implementing fair district maps.

Ensure that local democracy remains strong and meets the needs of communities that have been historically and presently barred or gerrymandered from fair representation in democracy.

  • Reinstate voting rights to all currently and formerly incarcerated people and provide voting access and civic education to currently incarcerated people.

  • Empower states to adjust the voting age by implementing a federal minimum voting age of 16 years old.
  • Instill voting rights for residents with green cards or participants in the DACA program.

Make voting safe, accessible, and fair, beginning with the elimination of photo ID and street address requirements and the installation of nationwide automatic voter registration.

  • Pass the For the People Act (HR 1) and other legislation that targets corruption and inequity in our democracy and improves voting rights and access for all people.

  • Establish college campuses as polling places for students living on campus, expand early voting hours and locations, improve poll worker recruitment with an emphasis on bi-lingual poll workers, and strengthen equitable access for voters with disabilities.
  • Make state, local, and federal election days a federal holiday and make absentee voting more accessible, comprehensible, reliable, and efficient.
  • Make education on our democracy and rights a national standard for K-12 education.

End the use of the electoral college system, which was created to empower slave states.

Protect true and fair representation in the structure of our democracy.

  • Consider term limits for the legislative branch of the United States federal government.

  • Reform campaign spending regulations, including caps on individual and PAC spending.
  • Remove barriers for youth and communities of color to be represented at the state and federal levels of elected office.
  • Immediately pass statehood for the District of Columbia and voting rights and representation for residents of Puerto Rico.

Audit local, state, and federal district maps for the rigging that has stifled democratic representation for communities of color and guide states in implementing fair district maps.

Ensure that local democracy remains strong and meets the needs of communities that have been historically and presently barred or gerrymandered from fair representation in democracy.

  • Reinstate voting rights to all currently and formerly incarcerated people and provide voting access and civic education to currently incarcerated people.

  • Empower states to adjust the voting age by implementing a federal minimum voting age of 16 years old.
  • Instill voting rights for residents with green cards or participants in the DACA program.

Make voting safe, accessible, and fair, beginning with the elimination of photo ID and street address requirements and the installation of nationwide automatic voter registration.

  • Pass the For the People Act (HR 1) and other legislation that targets corruption and inequity in our democracy and improves voting rights and access for all people.

  • Establish college campuses as polling places for students living on campus, expand early voting hours and locations, improve poll worker recruitment with an emphasis on bi-lingual poll workers, and strengthen equitable access for voters with disabilities.
  • Make state, local, and federal election days a federal holiday and make absentee voting more accessible, comprehensible, reliable, and efficient.
  • Make education on our democracy and rights a national standard for K-12 education.

More Priorities

Criminal Justice Priorities

Abolish police and prisons, refocus the justice system from punishment toward treatment and justice, address the root causes of crime, and reconcile for the war on drugs.

Democracy Priorities

Rebalance government representation; provide and protect voting rights; and facilitate a true democracy with access, accountability and fairness.

Economic Priorities

Raise the minimum wage, protect and value workers, ensure individuals’ basic needs are met, and run the economy to fund equity and progress — not greed.

Education Priorities

Fully fund high-quality education systems, end the school-to-prison pipeline, ensure access to quality higher education and provide student loan debt relief.

Environmental Priorities

Pass sweeping reforms to increase environmental protections, fund sustainability, protect Native territory and ensure environmental justice.

Gender, Sexuality, and Reproductive Justice Priorities

Institute full reproductive rights and justice, enforce discrimination protections, protect women and femmes, and prioritize the urgent needs of LGBTQ+ people.

Healthcare Priorities

Establish free health care and affordable treatment for all, progress toward quality and equity, and invest in harm-reduction resources and practices.

Immigration Priorities

Abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and detention facilities, end detainment and family separation, protect migrant rights and improve the path to citizenship.

Infrastructure Priorities

Create meaningful employment, build for sustainability, protect and empower communities, attain internet access for all and increase accessibility.

Racial Justice Priorities

Reconcile for the racial injustices this country has committed, instill and protect systemic change, increase protections against discrimination and pay direct reparations.