The events we have seen unfolding in the United States have been a stark reminder that voter suppression is a powerful tool in the hands of autocratic leaders who want to cancel democracy.
Thanks to the mobilisation of thousands of civil rights activists, the courageous stand taken by public officials tasked with administering elections and the courts, Donald Trump has not yet been able to overturn the legitimate outcome of the US elections. But that doesn't stop him from continuing to try to do so.
What can we learn from this about elections in Britain and Europe?
Firstly, that we too need to be ever vigilant in upholding the right of each and every person who is eligible to vote to actually be able to do so.
Secondly, that we should not rest until we have held to account those who suppressed the vote of EU citizens and Britons abroad on such a massive scale in the 2019 European Parliamentary elections.
A legal challenge is being mounted on behalf of some of the individuals who were denied a vote. The hearing was due to take place this week but has been postponed until 26 and 27 January.
In the meantime we continue to press for a public inquiry.
Your sustained support is invaluable particularly as we bring this issue back into the public eye in anticipation of the hearing next year.
Everyone can see how dangerous and damaging voter suppression can be from the experience of the 2020 US Presidential election.
It's time to call these practices out in Britain and Europe, starting with holding the government to account for the mass denial of a vote to 1.7m EU citizens and Britons abroad in the European Parliament elections.
It doesn't matter that the UK has left the EU. It was a member at the time and this is about democracy.
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