Russell Foster - Our Democracy 2020
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“If elected, I will endorse, prioritize, and support:”

For The People Act Passing the For the People Act (HR 1/S 949)

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Automatic Voter Registration Making the voter registration process convenient, fair, and secure for all eligible Americans—including same-day ("Election Day") and automatic voter registration, as more than one-dozen states already have.

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Vote By Mail Ensuring all eligible Americans can have safe and accessible voting options, such as vote-by-mail, no-excuse absentee voting, and early voting.

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Restore the VRA Restoring the Voting Rights Act to prevent states and localities from passing discriminatory voting laws.

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Secure Elections Safeguarding elections from cyberattacks by requiring paper ballots for all voters and risk-limiting post-election audits.

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Re-enfranchise Incarcerated People Restoring voting rights of all persons convicted of wrongdoing after they have served their sentences (although Common Cause supports voting rights for currently incarcerated individuals, at a minimum, you support rights restoration for the previously-incarcerated).

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Spending Disclosure Strengthening disclosure requirements for campaign-related and issue ad spending, including for online advertisements, by corporations and outside groups.

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Citizen Funded Elections Creating a voluntary, non-taxpayer funded small donor matching program for congressional elections to amplify the role of small donors and enhance the voices of everyday Americans (Common Cause supports a variety of funding sources for state and local small donor systems).

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Overturn Citizens United Passing a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision and other court cases that have empowered the wealthy and corporate entities to unduly influence American elections.

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Presidential Tax Returns Requiring the President and Vice President to be subject to federal conflict-of-interest laws and require presidential candidates to publicly release their full tax returns for at least the three most recent taxable years.

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Executive Branch Ethics Passing reforms to 1) enhance whistleblower protections; 2) protect Inspectors General; and 3) prevent future administrations from further politicizing the executive branch.

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Supreme Court Ethics Requiring Supreme Court justices to be bound by a judicial code of ethics, as all other federal judges are.

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Impartial Redistricting Creating independent redistricting commissions, as nearly one-dozen states already have, to allow voters to choose their elected officials instead of politicians cherry-picking their voters.

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End Prison Gerrymandering Ending the practice of prison gerrymandering by requiring the Census Bureau to count incarcerated individuals as residents of their home community instead of place of incarceration.

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Restore Net Neutrality Restoring the Federal Communications Commission’s 2015 net neutrality rules, which preserved and protected the open Internet, as contained in the Save the Internet Act.

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Close The Digital Divide Passing laws that strengthen investments in digital inclusion programs including affordable, robust broadband services and access to digital literacy training to ensure all communities have access to communication technologies, such as through the Digital Equity Act.

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My name is Russell Foster, and I want to represent all of us from the 18 rural counties in District 04. I was born and raised in Sherman/Tom Bean TX, have never thought about leaving this area because I love our community that we have built together over the decades. I am Proud of what our community has accomplished, and believe we can accomplish so much more in the future. We have lived the last 2 decades in decline in the rural parts of our district. Our government seems to have forgotten about us up here in North East Texas. The GOP continues to provide us with Cookie Cutter politicians with no solutions, just talking points.

We need people that truly represent us, not corporate lobbyists. I see the struggles of our community every day because I live those struggles every day as an IT person for a local hospital for the last 12 years. During this pandemic I get to see first hand the incompetence our current government has provided my healthcare professional friends and colleagues. I went into this fight for protecting them and all Americans healthcare, to try my best to make it better. Never in my dreams did I expect to be fighting for their basic PPE shipments against the GOP.

As a Democrat I will fight to protect our Teachers and students. We need to be investing in distance learning, retraining teachers how to do virtual classes & work on more online testing. These are dire times and we need to come up with creative solutions to save future generations of leaders that are on the line due to this pandemic and the mismanagement over this year.

We must work on robust national testing / contact tracing strategy if we are ever going to beat this pandemic. We need leaders that understand science, listen to scientists & will do what is best for the people, not for inflated economy numbers to help the 1%. We must have rapid test results and easy access across the nation. This isn't a fake virus, isn't the flu, and isn't going to magically go away. Help protect my healthcare professional friends by wearing a mask, washing your hands, and social distancing. Save our lives and yours!

There is so much that we need to fundamentally change until this pandemic is over, even how we vote. We must have elected officials that look out for us & protect us. Not ones that will continue to say the same things we have heard for decades and we continue to have nothing to show for it. Let's make that change in 2020. A Vote for me is a vote for all of us. I will be there for you! Please visit Foster4Texas.com for more of our platform and information on the campaign, follow us on Twitter @RussellFosterTx for Russells daily thoughts on everything!

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