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Breaking: House passes HR1, most important democracy reform bill in a generation. It includes:

-Automatic voter registration

-Nationwide early voting

-Public financing of elections

-End to Congressional gerrymandering

-Release of POTUS tax returns

motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Mitch McConnell has called HR1 a "power grab" for Dems & vowed to block Senate vote, admitting Republican do better when fewer people vote. "Having McConnell as the face of opposition to HR1 will just add strength to it” chief sponsor @RepSarbanes told me motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
HR1 represents largest expansion of voting rights since passage of Voting Rights Act:

-Automatic registration
-Election Day registration
-2 weeks early voting
-Election Day holiday
-Funding for paper ballots
-End to purging
-Independent redistricting

motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
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Ari Berman
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GOP doubling down on voter suppression:

FL gutting historic ballot initiative restoring voting rights to ex-offenders

TN curtailing registration drives

TX criminalizing voting

AZ restricting polling places

This is huge crisis for democracy

motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Last night FL legislature passed bill requiring those with past felony convictions to pay all restitution, fines & fees before voting. This is modern day poll tax undermining ballot initiative approved by 64% voters that could block 500k people from polls

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61 year old registered Republican who works as paralegal owes $59 MILLION in restitution. “$59 million—really?” she told Florida senate. “You think I can ever pay that? I’ll never vote in this state again, at this rate. That’s like a poll tax” motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
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Ari Berman
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Breaking: Florida senate passes bill requiring those with past felony convictions to pay all restitution, fines & fees before becoming eligible to vote. This is modern day poll tax undermining historic ballot initiative that could block over 500,000 people from the ballot box
Amendment 4 was passed by 64% of Florida voters & was largest expansion of voting rights since Voting Rights Act. Now it’s been gutted by GOP legislature. Outrageous attack on democracy & will of the people
Florida's racist Jim Crow era felon disenfranchisement law blocked 1 in 10 from voting, incl 1 in 5 African Americans. Ballot initiative repealing it was huge victory for voting rights. Now instead of following will of voters, FL GOP suppressing votes motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
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Ari Berman
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My quick takeaway from oral arguments in census case: same conservative justices who gutted Voting Rights Act now claim citizenship question needed to better enforce Voting Rights Act. What a farce. 5-4 decision upholding citizenship q would have devastating impact on democracy
It’s complete farce Trump admin argues citizenship question on 2020 census needed to enforce Voting Rights Act. Trump DOJ hasn’t filed single lawsuit to enforce VRA & has strongly supported GOP efforts to make it harder to vote motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Census citizenship question would most harm communities of color that Voting Rights Act supposed to protect, by leading to undercount of Latinos, other minorities & shifting economic/political power to whiter & more Republican areas motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
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