About Driving the Vote for Equality

Driving the Vote for Equality is a 25-state national tour to secure Congressional recognition of the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment. Inspired by the 1916 suffrage drive of Alice Burke and Nell Richardson, the campaign deploys the restored Golden Flyer II — a replica of their original Saxon roadster — to collect one million petition signatures and demand that Congress act now. An initiative of ERA-NOW.org and Sign4ERA.org, led by former Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney.

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The ERA has been ratified by 38 states, meeting every constitutional requirement. Yet it remains unrecognized, because opponents are using an arbitrary 1972 Congressional deadline to block its adoption. Until that barrier is removed and Congress affirms the ERA, women lack the constitutional protection that already exists for men.

Under Article V, this authority belongs to Congress and the states — not the President, not the courts. Constitutional scholars Laurence Tribe of Harvard and Erwin Chemerinsky of UC Berkeley confirm that once Congress affirms the ERA, no court could deny its status. Equality must be the law of the land for everyone.

In 1916, with the suffrage movement stalled, Alice Burke and Nell Richardson climbed into a gold Saxon roadster named the “Golden Flyer” and drove 10,700 miles across 29 states. Backed by the National American Women’s Suffrage Association, they spoke in town squares and rallied crowds from coast to coast with one message: women deserve a voice. Four years later, the 19th Amendment was ratified. Persistence and organizing moved mountains.

The ERA has been ratified by 38 states, meeting every constitutional requirement. Yet it remains unrecognized, because opponents are using an arbitrary 1972 Congressional deadline to block its adoption. Until that barrier is removed and Congress affirms the ERA, women lack the constitutional protection that already exists for men.

Under Article V, this authority belongs to Congress and the states — not the President, not the courts. Constitutional scholars Laurence Tribe of Harvard and Erwin Chemerinsky of UC Berkeley confirm that once Congress affirms the ERA, no court could deny its status. Equality must be the law of the land for everyone.

Alice and Nell’s journey helped change history. Now it’s our turn. Let’s get every member of Congress and every candidate to answer the question: Are you for or against the ERA?

Every signature and every donation brings us closer to finishing what those two women started.