In class I took all of my @morganstate students to the @StateMaryland website to check on their voter registration status. Several of my students pleasantly surprised me by showing they actually had their paper ballots in hand already. Which brings to mind something
Maryland is a blue state in presidential elections but has bounced btw Dem and GOP governors for the last 20 years or so. Registering to vote is very easy, keeping up w/ your registration is easy and there are several ways you can vote
The state is also 29% African American. I point this out because voter suppression doesn't happen automatically because the GOP is in charge or there's some critical mass of black people. It takes generations of policy and reinforcement
Pennsylvania has had slightly more Dem governors than GOP in the last 20 years yet is significantly harder to vote in than some surrounding states. slate.com/news-and-polit…
The point is, as we head into what will be a long potentially violent showdown in November to remove Trump's corrupt, white nationalist regime our focus should be not just on removing him but changing our state by state voting systems into an equitable universal model
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