First, some history. The 2013 Supreme Court case Shelby v. Holder gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act by ruling that states with a history of voter suppression no longer needed the federal government to approve changes to voting rules.
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Fast-forward a few years: 24 states have put new voting restrictions in place since 2010, including photo ID rules in Alabama, "use it or lose it" laws in Ohio, and "exact match" laws in Georgia.
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In this cycle, Native Americans are scrambling for IDs because of a new voting law that requires them to use identification that lists a street address rather than a P.O. box, which many who live on reservations have used for years.https://www.apnews.com/a9b5d513c9b0489baf5d8b5fc880f03c …
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Georgia's secretary of state, Brian Kemp, is overseeing his own election for governor and has put 53,000 voter registrations on hold, 70% of them from black voters, because they don't adhere to an "exact match" standard of name spellings.http://time.com/5421332/georgia-brian-kemp-secretary-of-state-53000-voters-governor/ …
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In Texas, groups like
@TXCivilRights and@MOVE_Texas argue that officials' decision to limit early voting at college campus sites specifically targets students.https://www.texastribune.org/2018/10/25/student-voting-rights-fight-erupts-texas-state-university/ …Show this thread -
Republican lawmakers justify such laws because they protect against "voter fraud." But "voter fraud" has been proven in study after study to be a virtually non-existent problem, with incidence rates between 0.0003 percent and 0.0025 percent.https://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/resources-voter-fraud-claims …
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What can we do to protect our right to vote? First, know that it's still likely that you'll be able to vote quickly and easily. Problems in some areas doesn't mean there are problems everywhere.
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Second, know that if you're a registered voter, you have the right to vote. This
@ACLU guide walks you through your rights.https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/what-do-when-faced-voter-intimidation …Show this thread -
Third, help elect secretaries of state around the country who will work to make it easier for people to cast their ballots.
@iVoteFund is leading the charge here.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-10-24/midterm-elections-voter-suppression-is-on-the-ballot-too …Show this thread -
Fourth, vote for state legislature candidates and governors who will support laws that make voting registration automatic, make vote by mail possible, and extend early voting periods.
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America is one of the oldest democracies in the world, and voting is our most sacred right as citizens. Let's make it easy for every single American to cast a ballot.
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You helped rig the primaries and cheated over 13 million Democrats. But nice thought.
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No, lets talk about Nevada. Lets talk about Rhode Isle closing 1/3 of its polling places. Lets talk about upstate NY having its polls close earlier. And about all the uncounted provisional ballots in CA, along with the AP calling the race the night before based on superdelegates
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Bernie is out on the campaign trail right now spreading the exact same message so I'm not gonna be mad at her.
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But Bernie isnt hated by most of the country because Bernie never participated in rigging a primary. She needs to just go away
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I don't know man. I think this is an issue where it's ok to not be mad at the person delivering the message.
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Thanks Hillary and the
@DNC for promoting the "pied piper" and giving us Trump! https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/fileid/1120/251 …pic.twitter.com/wJN7eZluqx
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If Hillary was authentic and competent candidate, she wouldn't need "the worst republican" staged as her opponent. Because she lacks ideas and integrity, she focuses on opposition and how to smear & react to it instead of proactively initiating ideas and policy
#NoTalentReject
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That's the key a valid citizen is able to vote and we need to make sure that those who are not here legally and are not citizens are NOT allowed to vote.
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At the same time, we need to ensure that people who are eligible to vote are not discouraged from voting by making it unnecessarily difficult. The incidence of voter fraud is vanishingly small, but the efforts to suppress valid votes are increasing.
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