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Georgia closed 214 polling places after Supreme Court gutted Voting Rights Act

There were 80 fewer polling places for June primary in metro Atlanta, where majority of black voters live

Mitch McConnell is blocking legislation passed by House Dems to restore the VRA
“Things have changed dramatically” in the South, John Roberts wrote when he gutted Voting Rights Act in 2013

Black voters who waited in line for 5 hours today would beg to differ
For all those interested in voting rights, today is a good day to read Give Us the Ballot & learn more about how GOP has systematically tried to roll back Voting Rights Act & suppress black voters since 1965 indiebound.org/book/978125009…
Congress has only given states $400 million in election aid since covid, which voting experts say is "woefully inadequate"

Dem House approved $3.6 billion in May for much-needed voting reforms but Mitch McConnell blocking that too motherjones.com/politics/2020/…
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Ari Berman
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New House Dems bill includes $25 billion for USPS & $3.6 billion for big election reforms:

-Nationwide no-excuse absentee voting
-Ballots mailed to all voters in emergencies
-15 days early voting
-Free postage
-No IDs, witness signatures
-Online & election day registration
see pages 73-78 for summary of major election reforms in Dems new recovery bill politico.com/f/?id=00000172…
Dems HEROES Act includes many of ideas @SenWarren told me should be in next recovery bill, like universal vote by mail, pre-paid postage, weeks of early voting, funding for USPS & end to restrictive requirements like witness signatures & voter ID laws

motherjones.com/coronavirus-up…
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In middle of pandemic GOP trying to remove tens of 1000s of Democrats & voters of color from voter rolls at time when it will be very difficult to re-register

This is escalation of two decades-long suppression campaign. My new cover story @MotherJones motherjones.com/politics/2020/…
Wisconsin GOP trying to purge 232,000 voters, 7% of electorate

Georgia canceled 300,000 registrations, 4% of electorate

“The clear intention is to strip people of their right to vote” says @staceyabrams motherjones.com/politics/2020/…
From 2016 to 2018, 17 million Americans - 8 % of electorate - were removed from voting rolls found @BrennanCenter

Areas with long history of discrimination previously subject to Voting Rights Act purged voters at rate 40% higher than rest of country
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Wow, despite massive GOP voter suppression, progressive judge Jill Karofsky is projected to defeat Trump-endorsed Justice Dan Kelly in Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Huge upset & defeat for attempts to undermine voting rights
If Dems had flipped 6,000 votes & won Wisconsin Supreme Court seat last year they'd now have progressive majority on court. Now they can't flip until 2023

@EricHolder told me that election was "a wake up call" & Dems needed to focus more on local races motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
GOP still has 4-3 majority on state Supreme Court & could authorize purge of 232,000 voters before Nov. The fight for voting rights in Wisconsin is far from over (I'll have much more to say about this tomorrow)
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