April 8, 2021 by V Leigh

Georgia Voting Law

What Georgia’s Voting Law Really Does – The New York Times https://t.co/nmxgohHCh3
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) April 2, 2021

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Georgia lawmaker Park Cannon, who was arrested after knocking on the door where Gov. Brian Kemp was signing the law restricting voting rights, says she is now facing 8 years in prison after being charged with 2 felonies. https://t.co/8f1UV57qwc
— Taniel (@Taniel) April 2, 2021

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Is Texas the next Georgia? Things are moving in that direction.

SB 7 would limit extended early voting hours, prohibit drive-thru voting & make it illegal for local election officials to proactively send vote by mail applications, even if voters qualify.https://t.co/xWWfSfmd0B
— Legal Defense Fund (@NAACP_LDF) April 2, 2021

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A coordinated wave of racist lawmaking by white extremists in 47 state capitols simultaneously. https://t.co/TKOSXGGrQC
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) April 2, 2021

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MLB announces it will move 2021 All-Star Game out of Atlanta in response to Georgia’s new voting restrictions.

“Major League Baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box.”https://t.co/ZUl8AkO21q
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 2, 2021

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3 ways companies can help fight Georgia’s restrictive new voting law https://t.co/SMPRn5U2HK
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 3, 2021

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There’s been ridiculous attempt by GOP to claim new Georgia law isn’t voter suppression

It restricts voting access in more than a dozen ways

It gives GOP unprecedented power to subvert election results

And it’s based directly on Trump‘s Big Lie https://t.co/GxY5sBoSoa
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) April 8, 2021

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‘Oh, boo-hoo, cancel culture’ — Watch CNN’s @DonLemon expertly roast Trump for telling his supporters to boycott companies that are speaking out against Georgia’s new voting restrictions pic.twitter.com/NFVlCc8s0L
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) April 8, 2021

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March 5, 2021 by V Leigh

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Georgia Senate Republicans just introduced sweeping new voter suppression bill that repeals no-excuse absentee voting & requires witness signature + photocopy of voter ID for mail ballots. This is really ugly
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) February 23, 2021

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“A lie cloaked in the seductive appeal of election integrity has weakened access to democracy for millions by promoting voter suppression.” –@staceyabrams #ForThePeopleAct pic.twitter.com/cTL7XViTRX
— Legal Defense Fund (@NAACP_LDF) February 26, 2021

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In 2013 Supreme Court gutted Voting Rights Act & unleashed wave of voter suppression in states like GA TX NC

Now GOP pushing 253 new voting restrictions in 43 states & trying to kill what’s left of VRA before SCOTUS tmrw

This is huge threat to democracy https://t.co/DRVt1GxdYE
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) March 1, 2021

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“What was really upsetting about the 2020 election was that there was very little attempt to hide the racialized nature of voter suppression efforts,” said @myrna_perez_ on @MorningEdition. https://t.co/uR5KK02Zv5
— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) March 2, 2021

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Our democratic values are under siege nationwide. Congress must pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act & the For The People Act to ensure all Americans may have a say in our politics.#VoterSuppression will not be tolerated, all politicians pushing these measures must be removed. https://t.co/FEtbQCFran
— Ryan Deitsch (@Ryan_Deitsch) March 2, 2021

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Republicans have already introduced 253 bills in 43 states to suppress the right to vote.

We must pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. The stakes could not be higher.
— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) March 1, 2021

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URGENT: We just found out that the House will vote tomorrow on my and @MondaireJones’ amendment to restore the right to vote to people who are incarcerated.

5.2 million people are barred from voting due to felony disenfranchisement. Tell your representative this can’t wait.
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) March 2, 2021

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Here is the state of the Democratic Party today: a whopping 119 DEMOCRATS just voted AGAINST restoring voting rights to people in prison. Congress Member @CoriBush heroically tried to add this provision to HR 1. Her own party failed her. We still have so much to teach Democrats. pic.twitter.com/71TYUnTfEb
— Udi Ofer (@UdiACLU) March 2, 2021

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Voters should get to pick their lawmakers, not the other way.

We must pass the #ForThePeopleAct to end gerrymandering, expand voting rights, and crack down on political corruption. If it’s obstructed by McConnell we must end the filibuster to get it done. https://t.co/EAIwir2JzK
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) March 5, 2021

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Opinion: We need a national crusade against Jim Crow voting laws https://t.co/02pEukJTKo
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 4, 2021

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March 6, 2020 by V Leigh

America’s Vulnerable Voting System

Texas closed hundreds of polling places and we didn’t have the Voting Rights Act to stop it.

No one should have to wait this long to participate in democracy!

Thank you Hervis Rogers for your commitment to being counted!#BeCounted #SuperTuesday https://t.co/2YzLumjgVm

— NAACP (@NAACP) March 4, 2020

I’m losing track of the various posts about problems with Los Angeles county’s controversial new electronic voting system and thus am going to try to compile them in this thread. If u know of more, pls feel free to reply with them. Thanks #VSAP. 1/

— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 (@jennycohn1) March 3, 2020

Then there’s this: Georgia county ditches new voting machines for paper ballots (from @AP) “Impracticable to use the new electronic voting system to protect absolute ballot secrecy while allowing sufficient monitoring of the ballot marking devices in use.” https://t.co/bFYC48IXd3

— Richard DeMillo (@rad_atl) March 4, 2020

Texas closed 750 polling places after SCOTUS gutted Voting Rights Act, more than any other state

72% of closures came in 50 counties with fastest growth of blacks & Latinos

And last night Democrats & minority voters in Houston waited 6 hours to votehttps://t.co/WKYhGNOXh5

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) March 4, 2020

cool, cool, cool …

New HBO Doc Trailer Highlights America’s Vulnerable Voting System – Rolling Stone https://t.co/58sK2fXdIt

— Don Cheadle (@DonCheadle) March 5, 2020

November 15, 2018 by V Leigh

We’re already in a crisis of democracy.

I’m curating a list of racist attacks on candidates of color this election cycle for @HuffPost. Here’s what we have thus far: https://t.co/36RWjKxm1E

— rocket juju (@juliacraven) October 18, 2018

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Trump and Republicans increased the deficit by $1.5 trillion as a result of giving massive tax cuts to the wealthy and large corporations.

Now all of a sudden they are worried about the deficit.

You know how they want to deal with it? By cutting Social Security and Medicare.

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) October 19, 2018

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And in Mississippi — 1 of only 4 states that imposes a lifelong voting ban for people convicted of felonies — we filed a lawsuit to overturn the state’s discriminatory policy. Tomorrow, we'll present the case at a legislative hearing in Jackson https://t.co/IdqHY79P5B

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) October 4, 2018

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Supreme Court Enables Mass Disenfranchisement of North Dakota’s Native Americans https://t.co/2AucwBomt3 via @aclu

— Jacqueline Keeler (@jfkeeler) October 14, 2018

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It's not just Georgia. We're already in a crisis of democracy. "Nine states with a history of racial discrimination are more aggressively removing registered voters from their rolls than other states, according to a report released Friday." https://t.co/hRCtySAEOH

— Josh Shepperd (@joshshepperd) October 14, 2018

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Election Day must become a national holiday. In America we should be celebrating our democracy and doing everything possible to make it easier for people to participate in the political process. https://t.co/hwlzoR2rQU

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) October 14, 2018

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Even this tweet about @StaceyAbrams is dangerous.

The President of the United States is saying that if a particular person is elected, that they will "DESTROY THE STATE"

Think of how this can be intepreted. https://t.co/JDHu2dKegZ

— Shaun King (@shaunking) October 27, 2018

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Donald Trump likes to talk about a "booming economy." This is not a "booming economy" when you have people working 2 or 3 jobs, making $8 an hour just to put food on the table. pic.twitter.com/g1lraQkPHi

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) October 25, 2018

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Could efforts to block voters swing elections? Certainly. https://t.co/Ua5DhrAZIw pic.twitter.com/UeCgyKeaGI

— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) October 27, 2018

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CNN's lead story: "Trump campaign releases racist ad" https://t.co/OsdxlMMBjV pic.twitter.com/SvRSJxD2qz

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 1, 2018

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Over 20,000 absentee ballots rejected in Florida, disproportionately from Democratic voters. This is the real voter fraud Rick Scott should investigate https://t.co/oC90IJdCXV

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 11, 2018

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According to @NAACP, “Mississippi had most lynchings from 1882-1968 with 581.” And here’s the incumbent US Senator from Mississippi telling a “lynching” joke to a group of white people, who belly laugh afterwards. She’s in a Nov. 27 runoff against Mike Espy, a Black man. Vote. https://t.co/RFK6N2MlO4

— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) November 11, 2018

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Can we just stop for a moment and consider that the President of the United States is trying to stop LEGAL VOTES from being counted in an election.

We are a democracy. This is the PRESIDENT.

I know we’re all overwhelmed by the news but that’s just crazy batshit insane.

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) November 10, 2018

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A brief abridged video compilation of Trump's attacks on black people from the Central Park Five to President Obama to Michelle Obama to Andrew Gillum to Stacey Abrams to Maxine Waters to April Ryan to Abby Phillip to Yamiche Alcindor to Don Lemon to LeBron James, and many more. pic.twitter.com/TbJ8Q0KjQC

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) November 9, 2018

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I never planned to run for office. After my son Jordan was shot and killed, my life completely changed. This is my story — please share it far and wide, and join me on this journey.

— With Love,

Lucy pic.twitter.com/f5Ej8fKQxO

— Lucy McBath (@LucyWins2018) September 12, 2018

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