Rally Set To Support National For The People Act

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – There will be a rally Friday, Feb. 22 at 5:30 p.m. to advocate for the For the People (U.S. House bill H.R. 1) election reforms.

The rally will take place at Mirror Lake Park at Mirror Lake Drive and 3rd Avenue North in St. Petersburg.

The St. Petersburg rally is one of many planned across the nation organized by the People Declaration for Democracy Coalition.

“Donald Trump’s invocation of an emergency to justify a border wall is an attack on our democracy. It is an end-run around Congress, the democratic process, and the will of voters; it represents yet another step toward autocracy,” said the 25 organizations opposed to the Trump's declaration of an emergency in a joint statement.

H.R. 1, the For the People Act, calls for legislative reforms including: independent redistricting commissions, citizen-funded elections, closing the revolving door between special interests and government and protecting voters against discrimination. Democratic Sen. Kathy Castor of Tampa and U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist of St. Petersburg are co-sponsors of the bill.

Sponsors of the local rally include Indivisible Action Together Tampa Bay, Organizing For Action Tampa Bay, Fired Up Pinellas, Indivisible FL 13, Progressive Democrats of America and Common Ground Florida.

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