Abrams, whose voting organization Fair Fight Action is executing a "Hot Call Summer" action asking supporters to call U.S. senators and prompt them to enact H.R. 1, known as the For the People Act, said the recently approved voting laws directed at promoting election integrity in several GOP-led states have three anti-democratic goals.
"One, they're anti-voter. They're designed to stop voters that the Republicans found inconvenient in this last election. ... Number two, these are anti-election worker bills. They are designed to get good people to abandon their post, to criminalize those who still want to do their job, and to replace them with those who will undermine the administration of elections. And three, they are designed to subvert democracy," she told MSNBC's Joy Reid Monday night.
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The Georgia Democrat said these bills strive to "convince voters that it is not worth the effort" and to "convince those who want to believe the big lie that there is something in it for them on the other side, that if they break down democracy, they get something better on the other side." She called these methods a form of "autocracy."
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Abrams asked viewers to engage in "Hot Call Summer," saying senators need to know "they cannot withstand the force of the American people when we decide to protect our democracy" in the form of the For the People Act.
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"That's why we are doing Hot Call Summer and why we are reaching out to every single senator, calling on each of them to do their job and pass the For the People Act," she maintained.
The For the People Act, a huge election reform bill that would fulfill nationwide automatic voter registration and require states to permit all eligible voters to vote by mail during federal elections, among other provisions, passed by a margin of 220-210 in the House on March 3. The legislation hit a higher chamber roadblock in late April when centrist Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced his objection to the measure in its current form, inspiring advocates like Abrams to step up efforts to support its passage.
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Though she has slammed Trump for alleging widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, Abrams refused to concede to Kemp in Georgia's "tainted" 2018 gubernatorial contest, although she did acknowledge the Republican as the "victor" nearly two weeks later.
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