8/30/12 10/9/14 8/5/15 7/20/16 4/10/17 On each of these days, federal courts ruled TX's ID law violates the VRA. /5http://bit.ly/2oD97us
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Last July, the 4th Circuit ruled N.C.'s voter suppression law was enacted to “target African Americans with almost surgical precision.” /6
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A jaw-dropping
@washingtonpost report last September demonstrated just how surgical the@NCGOP had been. /7 http://wapo.st/2u3q0y11 reply 22 retweets 21 likes -
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Texas and North Carolina are textbook examples of why we still need a fully functioning Voting Rights Act, with its provisions restored. /8
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It takes years of litigation and huge financial investments to strike down discriminatory laws. In the meantime, voters lose their votes. /9
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Today we have Jeff Sessions leading
@TheJusticeDept. He's spent his entire career opposing voting rights. /10 http://bit.ly/2j3OTb12 replies 35 retweets 30 likes -
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Make no mistake: With Sessions at DOJ and an 'election integrity' commission, they're laying the groundwork for more voter suppression. /11
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Despite clear evidence of modern-day voting discrimination, Republican leaders in Congress have refused to hold hearings to investigate. /12
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The Leadership Conference Retweeted The Leadership Conference
Thankfully, lawmakers like
@RepTerriSewell,@repjohnlewis, and@SenatorLeahy are trying to help#RestoreTheVRA. /13https://twitter.com/civilrightsorg/status/877897717262974976 …The Leadership Conference added,
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We also need: automatic voter registration, early voting, same-day registration, restoration of rights for people reentering society. /14
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The VRA is still alive today. But we must restore the law to its full and necessary strength. #RestoreTheVRA 15/15http://bit.ly/2t07gSX
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