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@BorisJohnson's NI Tax hike is very unlikely to end up in social care
They will find a way to funnel it to Tory donors like they did with Covid19 #PPE
It affects the poorest the most
It's the #PollTax all over again
In effect it's the #PoorTax
@BorisJohnson's NI Tax hike is very unlikely to end up in social care
They will find a way to funnel it to Tory donors like they did with Covid19 #PPE
It affects the poorest the most
It's the #PollTax all over again
In effect it's the #PoorTax
A big chunk if it will end up going straight into the #BrexitTax black hole.
Today, LDF, @ACLU, @ACLUFL ,@BrennanCenter @CampaignLegal & @splcenter are back in court to fight a racially-biased #polltax that disqualifies formerly incarcerated Floridians from exercising their right to vote.
Watch the 10 am livestream: ca11.uscourts.gov/live-streaming…
Watch the 10 am livestream: ca11.uscourts.gov/live-streaming…
In 2018, voters passed #Amendment4, expanding the right to vote to the formerly incarcerated. Soon after, the FL leg passed #SB7066, placing a financial barrier to the ballot box. LDF has been fighting that #polltax ever since. The fight continues today.
nytimes.com/2020/05/26/opi…
nytimes.com/2020/05/26/opi…
LDF client Raquel Wright is one of the many victims of this incisive attack on #voting rights. While allowed to vote in March, the state's continued effort to disenfranchise voters excludes her and countless others from voting in today's FL primary.
Day 2 of the #JonesvDeSantis trial done. What have we learned so far? A lot! Mostly we've learned that the State of Florida is wedded to defending a system of poll taxes that they don't even know how to implement.
We started with the inspiring testimony of Plaintiff Moreland. Ms. Moreland and people like her are why we are fighting this fight. After #Amendment4 passed, she registered to vote. But later in 2019, she found out she still owes $$ from a yrs old conviction.
Under this new law, these fines and fees would stand in the way of her ability to vote. #polltax And even though @GovRonDeSantis lost in every court so far on this law, she was removed from the rolls earlier this year. While she has been reinstated, so many others are at risk.
Today, we celebrate a meaningful victory for democracy--Raquel Wright voted early in FL! 🗳️
Ms. Wright, a formerly-incarcerated Floridian, is a #votingrights advocate & plaintiff in Jones v. DeSantis--a lawsuit we filed to challenge #SB7066.
#WomensHistoryMonth
Ms. Wright, a formerly-incarcerated Floridian, is a #votingrights advocate & plaintiff in Jones v. DeSantis--a lawsuit we filed to challenge #SB7066.
#WomensHistoryMonth
In 2019, FL passed #Amendment4, a law to restore #votingirghts to the formerly incarcerated.
In response, the FL legislature enacted SB 7066. It placed a modern-day #polltax upon those same returning citizens forcing some to pay up to $50,000 in fees.
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
In response, the FL legislature enacted SB 7066. It placed a modern-day #polltax upon those same returning citizens forcing some to pay up to $50,000 in fees.
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
A narrow, meaningful victory was won in February, when the 11th Circuit Court upheld a ruling blocking SB 7066.
But we will not stop until all formerly-incarcerated Floridians can exercise their #votingrights as #Amendment4 intended.
Learn more here: naacpldf.org/press-release/…
But we will not stop until all formerly-incarcerated Floridians can exercise their #votingrights as #Amendment4 intended.
Learn more here: naacpldf.org/press-release/…
STREAMING NOW: Tune in to the livestream at breachrepairers.org/trainingsandev… or follow along with us as we live-tweet the panel.
#LDFatSelma #Selma55
#LDFatSelma #Selma55
“Every generation must fight for the progress we currently have and press forward to continue that progress...it’s okay to get into ‘good trouble.’”
-@RepTerriSewell welcoming attendees to the “Voting Rights in the Age of Massachusetts Incarceration” panel
-@RepTerriSewell welcoming attendees to the “Voting Rights in the Age of Massachusetts Incarceration” panel
Alabamanians and Selma sojourners are leaning into today’s #votingrights discussion.
Join us online: breachrepairers.org/trainingsandev…
Join us online: breachrepairers.org/trainingsandev…
