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Author: Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America http://amzn.to/2asHld2  Writer: @motherjones Speaking: annette@speakersforall.com

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    1. Ari Berman‏Verified account @AriBerman 17 May 2017

      1. 60 years ago today Dr King gave 1st major speech on voting rights, #GiveUsTheBallot. Inspired title of my book http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/documentsentry/doc_give_us_the_ballot_address_at_the_prayer_pilgrimage_for_freedom/ …pic.twitter.com/7vn3EphsNp

      8 replies 594 retweets 658 likes
    2. Ari Berman‏Verified account @AriBerman 17 May 2017
      Replying to @AriBerman

      2. In 1957 when King gave #GiveUsTheBallot speech only 25% of African-Americans registered to vote in South. In some counties it was zeropic.twitter.com/0ASFlgt2Lx

      5 replies 177 retweets 181 likes
    3. Ari Berman‏Verified account @AriBerman 17 May 2017
      Replying to @AriBerman

      3. In 1960 there wasn’t a single African-American registered to vote in Wilcox County Alabama where Jeff Sessions grew uppic.twitter.com/sg9Sgmkl00

      10 replies 518 retweets 468 likes
    4. Ari Berman‏Verified account @AriBerman 17 May 2017
      Replying to @AriBerman

      4. This was Louisiana's literacy test that African-Americans had to pass in 1960s before Voting Rights Act #GiveUsTheBallotpic.twitter.com/NmwEEQjsK3

      35 replies 464 retweets 334 likes
    5. Ari Berman‏Verified account @AriBerman 17 May 2017
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      5. Voting Rights Act led to an incredible increase in black voter registration in Southern states #GiveUsTheBallotpic.twitter.com/dbvlPtS4EN

      8 replies 208 retweets 268 likes
    6. Ari Berman‏Verified account @AriBerman 17 May 2017
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      6. 2016 was 1st presidential election in more than 50 years without full protections of Voting Rights Actpic.twitter.com/9b1wXBRvVJ

      3 replies 314 retweets 307 likes
    7. Ari Berman‏Verified account @AriBerman 17 May 2017
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      7. Because SCOTUS gutted Voting Rights Act there were 868 fewer polling places in states previously covered by VRA https://www.thenation.com/article/there-are-868-fewer-places-to-vote-in-2016-because-the-supreme-court-gutted-the-voting-rights-act/ …pic.twitter.com/QiuqjuzAhx

      18 replies 524 retweets 384 likes
    8. Ari Berman‏Verified account @AriBerman 17 May 2017
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      8. Wisconsin's strict voter ID law could’ve suppressed 200,000 votes in 2016. Trump won by 22,000 https://www.thenation.com/article/wisconsins-voter-id-law-suppressed-200000-votes-trump-won-by-23000/ … #GiveUsTheBallotpic.twitter.com/VufUc2Xr8K

      9 replies 217 retweets 209 likes
      Ari Berman‏Verified account @AriBerman 17 May 2017

      9. On 60th anniversary of King’s #GiveUsTheBallot speech, 99 bills introduced in 33 states to restrict access to the ballot this yearpic.twitter.com/4GkY8Yo4Fz

      10:52 AM - 17 May 2017
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        2. Andrea Marie‏ @DaniPayson 17 May 2017
          Replying to @AriBerman @joanwalsh @BrennanCenter

          Weird that Colorado is on there. We went blue. Must have been the springs area

          2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
        3. aditi‏ @aditi 17 May 2017
          Replying to @DaniPayson @AriBerman and

          it's not a map of whether a state went red or blue but of whether voter restriction bills have been introduced at the state level

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        2. Michael McDonnell‏ @mikemcdonnell 17 May 2017
          Replying to @AriBerman @SallyAlbright @BrennanCenter

          Republicans fear Democracy.

          1 reply 11 retweets 40 likes
        3. Jomo MORE BLUE TSUNAMI COMING!‏ @mangobeach 22 May 2017
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          Republicans are the party of the white supremacist/oligarchy!!...

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        1. Justice & Accountability‏ @cyberbrainfood 17 May 2017
          Replying to @AriBerman @joanwalsh @BrennanCenter

          "Voter fraud" is the fraud. #RestoreTheVRA #TheResistance #Resist

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        2. Jason B.‏ @jdb820 17 May 2017
          Replying to @AriBerman @BrennanCenter

          What the heck is all-blue Connecticut and blue wet dream Massachusetts doing on this list?

          2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
        3. aditi‏ @aditi 17 May 2017
          Replying to @jdb820 @AriBerman @BrennanCenter

          republicans, what else?

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        1. voting_for_a_leader:_Biden‏ @Cascada57 17 May 2017
          Replying to @AriBerman @joanwalsh @BrennanCenter

          Ya know, in some countries (like Argentina, Australia, & Belgium), voting is mandatory.

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        2. Lisa Arnold‏ @dreamdancer840 17 May 2017
          Replying to @AriBerman @BrennanCenter

          Wait...what? California is red? What kind of #WTFery is this?

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        3. Nedriss Narr Fan Account‏ @RavnclawDropout 17 May 2017
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          We have our fair share of old/moneyed/racist Rs in CA. 75% of the time we're able to outvote them.

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