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    1. Mother Jones‏Verified account @MotherJones 23 Oct 2017

      10/ College students were also disenfranchised: the law required signatures on college IDs and a two-year expiration date.

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    2. Mother Jones‏Verified account @MotherJones 23 Oct 2017

      11/ Only *3* out of 13 four-year schools in the University of WI system had IDs that met the law’s standards.

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    3. Mother Jones‏Verified account @MotherJones 23 Oct 2017

      12/ According to one study, 11% of registered voters in Wisconsin's two largest counties cited the voter ID law as a reason they didn’t vote

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    4. Mother Jones‏Verified account @MotherJones 23 Oct 2017

      13/ That means as many as 45,000 residents statewide were deferred from voting by the ID law.pic.twitter.com/kqU6tAGqiI

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    5. Mother Jones‏Verified account @MotherJones 23 Oct 2017

      14/ Trump won Wisconsin by 22,748 votes.

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    6. Mother Jones‏Verified account @MotherJones 23 Oct 2017

      15/ Neil Albrecht, Milwaukee's election director, says the photo ID requirement “changed the outcome of the election” in WI.pic.twitter.com/xvYvUzx0Z4

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    7. Mother Jones‏Verified account @MotherJones 23 Oct 2017

      16/ Voter suppression isn’t just happening in Wisconsin. It’s also taking place in the rest of the country.pic.twitter.com/EebGw47uNw

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    8. Mother Jones‏Verified account @MotherJones 23 Oct 2017

      17/ Since the gutting of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, states have seen an increasing rollback of voting protections.pic.twitter.com/BxSagw3ZTM

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    9. Mother Jones‏Verified account @MotherJones 23 Oct 2017

      18/ Republican-controlled statehouses have passed more voting restrictions in 2017 than in 2016 and 2015 combined.

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    10. Mother Jones‏Verified account @MotherJones 23 Oct 2017

      19/ As Ari writes: “The lesson from 2016 is terrifyingly clear. If voter suppression can work in Wisconsin...it can work anywhere.”

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      Mother Jones‏Verified account @MotherJones 23 Oct 2017

      20/20 “And if those who believe in fair elections don't’ start to take this threat seriously, history will repeat itself.”

      1:37 PM - 23 Oct 2017
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        2. Steak Sandwich‏ @SteakSandwich1 23 Oct 2017
          Replying to @MotherJones

          Voter Suppression is a form of Terrorism

          3 replies 29 retweets 72 likes
        3. Substandard Deviation Wants Nazis Gone, @Jack‏ @substddev 23 Oct 2017
          Replying to @SteakSandwich1 @MotherJones

          It's also a felony. 18 USC 241

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        2. cra‏ @Mkblack64Black 23 Oct 2017
          Replying to @MotherJones

          We need 100% paper ballots.

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        3. Kevin Wright‏ @kevin52850 24 Oct 2017
          Replying to @Mkblack64Black @MotherJones

          And no scanners. No electronics of any kind. All verified hand count. And above all no Diebold.

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        1. Ed Overbeek  🗽‏ @EdOverbeek 23 Oct 2017
          Replying to @MotherJones

          Ed Overbeek  🗽 Retweeted Ed Overbeek  🗽

          Thank you and thanks to @AriBerman for being among the few to give this the coverage it deserves.https://twitter.com/EdOverbeek/status/922557335297335296 …

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          Ed Overbeek  🗽 @EdOverbeek
          If this country cared about democracy as much as we claim to, voter suppression would get crime-of-the-century press coverage.
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        1. Paula E  ❄ ☮ 🌊‏ @Peacein17 24 Oct 2017
          Replying to @MotherJones

          Following @mikefarb1 #unhackthevote to stay informed on details and in hopes of finding ways to help in 2018/20. Cause this is bullshit.

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        1. WeAreThe 99%‏ @letsliveinpeace 23 Oct 2017
          Replying to @MotherJones

          Republicans trying to shut down polls because they think some Americans are more equal than others.

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        1. Eli Edgecomb‏ @startledsquirel 23 Oct 2017
          Replying to @MotherJones @NefertitiVerita

          Don’t 🛑 You’re only half done. It’s called “stripping AND flipping”—those machines are doing the flipping #blackboxvoting #HackingDemocracy

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        2. 2centsannandale‏ @2centsannandale 23 Oct 2017
          Replying to @MotherJones @PattyArquette

          Dear @TomPerez - Where is the fund raising campaign in every state so ppl like me can buy a specific individual the needed voting docs? 1/

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        3. 2centsannandale‏ @2centsannandale 23 Oct 2017
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          2/ I'm bombarded by Dem fundraising daily. wld SO much rather give directly in a go-fund-me-type campaign to help a disenfranchised voter.

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        1. WeAreThe 99%‏ @letsliveinpeace 23 Oct 2017
          Replying to @MotherJones

          History has already repeated itself. The people must stop thinking of themselves as a party, we are Americans first.

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        1. WeAreThe 99%‏ @letsliveinpeace 23 Oct 2017
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          Also if the voting system was fair there's no way they can win.

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        1. Eli Edgecomb‏ @startledsquirel 23 Oct 2017
          Replying to @MotherJones @NefertitiVerita

          Watch #HackingDemocracy and #FractionMagic

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        1. U. S. Citizen‏ @Of_By_ForPeople 23 Oct 2017
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          Thank you @MotherJones. We rational folks know "Mother Knows Best"... and the highest attainable Rank.pic.twitter.com/Lvs3HV5S6z

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        1. outsh1ned‏ @outsh1ned 23 Oct 2017
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          Alas, you should have claimed it was Russia and someone would care. Move along now.

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