Abrams's Voting Rights Group Unveils Effort To Mobilize Millions Of Young Voters Of Color

“With voting rights under attack in 48 out of 50 state legislatures ... , the moment has never been more urgent," Abrams wrote in a push for the For the ...

Stacey Abrams’s voting rights group will begin a monthlong effort to mobilize young Americans of color to support the For the People Act, a landmark piece of legislation that would combat voter suppression efforts nationwide. Abrams, a former Georgia gubernatorial candidate, told supporters on Tuesday that her organization, Fair Fight Action, would launch an initiative called Hot Call Summer. The effort will last through June and include a campaign to ask supporters to call their senators and urge them to vote for the For the People Act. Fair Fight also hopes to text at least 10 million people in key 2022 battleground states in which Republican lawmakers have worked to tighten voter access. “With voting rights under attack in 48 out of 50 state legislatures across the country, the moment has never been more urgent, and it will take all of us to ensure that Congress passes the voting rights protections our country and democracy desperately need,” Abrams wrote in an email to supporters first obtained by CBS News. “We can’t wait any longer for Congress to protect Americans’ freedom to vote.”