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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

motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
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/…
After 90,000 new black voters registered in TN in 2018, TN GOP passed new law that could criminalize voter registration drives motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Florida House just passed bill gutting Amendment 4, historic ballot initiative approved by 64% voters. Modern day poll tax requires those with past felony convictions to pay all restitution, fines & fees before voting. Outrageous attack on democracy that needs more attention
25 states have passed new voting restrictions since 2010. GOP now intensifying voter suppression efforts in advance of 2020. 19 bills restricting voting moving through 10 states this year according to @BrennanCenter
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If John Roberts upholds citizenship question on 2020 census it will be crystal clear that the only institution he’s committed to preserving is white supremacy

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Breaking: SCOTUS rules VA legislature doesn't have standing to challenge lower court decision striking down state legislative districts as racial gerrymandering. 5-4 decision by RBG. This is victory for voting rights & boosts chances Dems will retake VA legislature in 2019
Interestingly enough, Tom Hofeller, GOP gerrymandering mastermind behind census citizenship question, was hired by VA GOP House to defend racially gerrymandered maps that SCOTUS just declined to put back in place motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
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Breaking: House Oversight Committee votes to hold AG Barr & Commerce Sec Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over key docs about origins of 2020 census citizenship question following bipartisan subpoena motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Every Dem & @justinamash voted to hold Barr & Ross in contempt. House can now begin civil & criminal proceedings to enforce subpoenas authorized by Oversight Committee relating to key docs about why Trump admin added citizenship question to 2020 census
@justinamash Trump admin has repeatedly lied under oath about why it added citizenship question to 2020 census & now invoking executive privilege to hide key docs

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