More than 800 faith leaders are urging Joe Biden and Senate Democrats to pass voting rights legislation in 2022, writing in a letter that the issue needs to be the administration's 'number-one priority' after measures stalled in the Senate
More than 800 faith leaders are urging President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats to pass voting rights legislation in 2022, writing in a letter released Thursday that the issue needs to be the administration's"number-one priority" after measures stalled in the Senate.
"We cannot be clearer: you must act now to protect every American's freedom to vote without interference and with confidence that their ballot will be counted and honored," the leaders said in a letter that was obtained by CNN and later released publicly on Thursday."Passing comprehensive voting rights legislation must be the number-one priority of the administration and Congress.
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