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Breaking: In 5-4 decision Alito reverses 6th circuit & upholds Ohio's purging of infrequent voters. Ohio has purged 2 million voters since 2011, more than any other state. Black voters 2x as likely as whites to be purged in state's largest counties
After gutting Voting Rights Act, Republicans now want to kill National Voter Registration Act, one of country's most important voting rights laws. Upholding voter purging in Ohio will have major chilling effect on voting rights motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
In dissent Justice Sotomayor says ruling upholding Ohio voter purging "entirely ignores history of voter suppression" & will "further disenfranchisement of minority and low-income voters" supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf…
In video with @dale_e_ho for @aclu & @moveon I explained how SCOTUS opinion upholding voter purging in Ohio will open door to voters of color & low-income people wrongly being kicked off voter rolls & unable to vote
Ohio has purged 2 million voters since 2011, more than any other state. Black voters 2x as likely as whites to be purged in state's largest counties. GOP wants to do this everywhere motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
I've said this a million times but Mitch McConnell stealing a SCOTUS seat for Donald Trump will end up being one of the most destructive & long lasting actions of Trump era
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