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Post by djAdvocate on Feb 27, 2021 17:00:32 GMT -5
Salon Republicans roll out “tidal wave of voter suppression”: 253 restrictive bills in 43 statesRepublicans across the country responded to record voter turnout by unleashing a flurry of legislation aimed at restricting ballot access, citing concerns over unfounded allegations of rampant voter fraud that they themselves stoked for months. At least 253 bills with provisions restricting voting access have been introduced, pre-filed, or carried over in 43 states, mostly by Republicans, according to an analysis by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School, dwarfing the number of similar bills filed at this point in 2020. Many of these measures are in response to a "rash of baseless and racist allegations of voter fraud and election irregularities" that former President Trump and his Republican allies promoted for months without any evidence, the Brennan Center report said. "We are about to be hit with a tidal wave of voter suppression legislation by Republican legislatures throughout the country," warned Marc Elias, a prominent Democratic attorney and founder of the voting rights advocacy group Democracy Docket, who batted back many of the election lawsuits filed by Trump and his supporters. Elias said in an interview with Salon that he fears this could result in a historic "contraction of voting rights like we have not seen in recent memory." "Republicans are doing this because they think they can gain an electoral advantage from making it harder for Black, brown and young voters to participate in the process," he said, adding: "This is the reaction of a party that knows it can't compete for a majority of the votes. So it is acclimating itself to minority rule through a number of tactics. Gerrymandering is one piece of it. But certainly, voter suppression is a big piece of it." Complete article here: linknone of those bills have a chance in (25) states (about 18 of the ones they are trying). of the (25) remaining states, well over half of them are solidly Republican.
mark my words, this effort is going to fail spectacularly.
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Post by Tennesseer on Mar 10, 2021 21:48:30 GMT -5
Having trouble with my tablet posting several paragraphs so I will just post the article title and the link. The Georgia House passed a bill that “makes it a misdemeanor to give food or water to voters waiting in line.” Link
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Post by billisonboard on Mar 10, 2021 22:48:33 GMT -5
Having trouble with my tablet posting several paragraphs so I will just post the article title and the link. The Georgia House passed a bill that “makes it a misdemeanor to give food or water to voters waiting in line.” Link Very early in the morning before the polls open, have one group of people drop pennies on the ground where lines will form. Then during the day, a different group sell items to people in line for a penny. They could suggest looking around for a penny if the voter needs one.
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