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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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