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#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
Alabamanians and Selma sojourners are leaning into today’s #votingrights discussion.
Join us online: breachrepairers.org/trainingsandev…
“Just under 1700 polling places have been closed. In Alabama alone 72 have been closed...this is the environment we are operating in right now, but this is precisely the reason why we cannot give up!”—@vanitaguptaCR
To require previously-incarcerated citizens to pay fees before voting is to effectively institute a modern-day #polltax.
Listen to @srl describe just one story of the challenges these laws present to returning citizens.
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Raquel Wright, voting rights activist and our client, speaks to how it feels to be re-enfranchised and then suddenly told that over $50,000 stands between you and the voting booth.
“If they are silencing your voice, it’s for a reason...they know your voice has power.”—Raquel Wright #Selma55
The 2013 #SCOTUS Shelby County decision removed the preclearance requirement that protected citizens from harmful voter restriction tactics like voter ID laws.
@JoyceWhiteVance explains one of the many ramifications of that decision:
“Don’t ever let anyone silence your voice...we are stronger in numbers...we have to vote.”—Raquel Wright
“Your vote is powerful. Your vote is your voice. If your vote wasn’t powerful, they wouldn’t be trying to take it away.”—@vanitagupta
Participating in #Census2020 is imperative to getting an accurate count and accurate representation in government. Listen as @vanitaguptaCR lays out how you can make sure you’re counted in the census.
Raquel Wright addresses how we fight against the efforts to deny citizens their constitutional right to vote:
“Stay movitated, stay educated, and never accept no.” #Selma55
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