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New report about voter roll purges by @BrennanCenter details how devastating the blow to the #VotingRights Act was in 2013. Purges increased by 33%!

Thread includes info about the 8 states most affected.

nbcnews.com/politics/polit…
In the last five years, 8 states have either illegally purged voters or implemented unlawful purge rules:

ALABAMA, ARIZONA, FLORIDA, INDIANA, MAINE, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA & VIRGINIA

They are home to more than a quarter of the nation’s registered voters.
Thankfully, their report also includes recommendations every state can implement to protect voters. Please share them with people in your state!
Read the report’s introduction (or the whole report & recommendations) here: brennancenter.org/publication/pu…
Whether you’re in these 8 states or not, take 1 minute to check that you’re still an active registered voter right now: iwillvote.com
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First up, the VP's vote is REQUIRED. Would Mike Pence declare that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office?
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Time for a #FridayNight game! It's super early but everyone wants to talk about 2020 presidential candidates so let's have some fun by doing a few head-to-head matchups and see who comes up on top! Let's play!
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Let’s talk voter suppression.

There was a huge, watershed law passed in 1965 to protect against historic voter discrimination by (mostly) southern states.

The Voting Rights Act was a crowning achievement of the civil rights era.

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(Thread) What’s going on with the Trump-GOP?

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1/ America was founded as a liberal democracy (in the classic sense of representative government in which leaders are constrained by rule of law and individuals have maximum liberty).

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@PeachResist @nytimes Coincidentally last week I was asking @MarilynRMarks1 @jennycohn1 @CoalitionGoodGv if anyone had written an OpEd in a major paper about Kemp and his criminal Election actions and now Ta Da!...a true example of ask and it shall be given;)
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TWEET THREAD (1/8) 📢 OUR NEW RESEARCH on voter purges — when election officials remove names from voter registration lists — has alarming findings, with major implications for the integrity of our #democracy: bit.ly/2O3bCAw
(2/8) Almost 4 million more names were purged between 2014 and 2016 than between 2006 and 2008 — 33% growth, much higher than the growth in eligible voters and in the larger population.
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