Thread by @jaymichaelson

I took a deep dive into the myths and facts of GOP voter suppression. The results were worse than I imagined:

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1. Over 1000 polling places closed since 2013, disproportionately in Democratic-leaning areas. Arizona & Georgia are worst offenders.

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2. Voter purges on the thinnest of pretexts. 53,000 voters purged in Georgia alone, a tight race where the Secretary of State is also the GOP candidate for governor.

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3. 6.1 million Americans can't vote because of past felony convictions - once again, predominantly POC and Democrat-leaning. (Good news: Florida may do away with the felon ban this year.)

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4. Voter ID laws that disproportionately affect people of color - e.g. in North Dakota, where Native Americans w/o residential addresses are required to prove residential addresses. That alone can swing the Senate.

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5. Early voting rollbacks, e.g. in Florida, where Governor and now Senate candidate Rick Scott tried to eliminate early voting on college campuses (where young voters lean Democrat)

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Most importantly, claims of voter fraud and ballot integrity are totally baseless, like Santa Claus. 75% of Republicans think there is a voter fraud crisis. But there simply isn't.

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