End Citizens United // Let America Vote Action Fund launched a $800,000 national digital and TV ad urging the White House and the Senate to meet the generational moment and fortify our democracy by doing whatever it takes to pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Passing these critical voting rights and anti-corruption bills would protect the freedom to vote for all Americans, stop partisan gerrymandering, end dark money, and protect against efforts to sabotage our elections, ensuring voters are safe from intimidation and trusted local officials are able to count every vote.
The $800,000 national ad is a continuation of ECU // LAV’s joint $37 million campaign with the National Democratic Redistricting Committee to pass voting rights legislation. The ad started running nationally on December 16, 2021, airing on cable news networks and on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Hulu, and Google.
Full script of “The Call”:
On a faraway beach,
The generation called our greatest
saved the world from tyranny.
In an office we know as oval,
A new generation president
Faced down an imminent threat of nuclear war.
On a bridge in Selma, Alabama,
The preacher of his time
Marched us straight to passing voting rights for every American.
At a gate in West Berlin,
A late generation American president demanded an enemy superpower tear down a wall and liberate a continent.
American generations,
Answering the call of their time,
With American ideals:
Freedom.
Liberty.
Justice.
For today’s generation of leaders,
The call has come again:
To protect our freedom to vote,
To fortify our democracy,
By passing the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
Because America,
[V.O. the late Congressman John Lewis] We are not going back, we are going forward!
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