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31 Mar, 5 tweets, 6 min read
🚨ALERT: There are now THREE voting rights lawsuits challenging #SB202 in Georgia. All three cases make crystal clear that the law would hit minority voters the hardest. Check out the complaints and learn more about who brought each suit... #gapol mini-🧵
The first #SB202 case was filed by @NewGAProject, @BlackVotersMtr and @RiseFreeOrg.

"[T]he grab bag of voting restrictions that populate SB 202 make clear that the Bill was animated by an impermissible goal of restricting voting."
democracydocket.com/cases/georgia-…
A second #SB202 case was then filed by @Georgia_NAACP, @LWVGA, @gcpagenda, @GALEOorg, @CommonCauseGA and the Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe.

"SB 202’s sweeping changes are aimed at suppressing the vote of Black voters and other voters of color." democracydocket.com/cases/georgia-…
The latest #SB2020 case was brought by @GAMVP, @WomenWatchAfri, @dstinc1913, @LCFGeorgia & @ame6th w/ backing from the @NAACP_LDF, @ACLU & @SPLCenter.

"Georgia has been unrelenting in its effort to suppress the political participation of people of color."democracydocket.com/cases/georgia-…
Georgia Republicans failed voters with #SB202. Now, the courts must step in. These lawsuits not only present the legal arguments at hand, but also shed light on the long, dark history of GOP voter suppression in Georgia.

The fight is on! Stay informed👇
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29 Mar
ICYMI: @NewGAProject, @BlackVotersMtr and @RiseFreeOrg have filed a lawsuit challenging Georgia voter suppression bill #SB202.

Here are the 9 provisions they’re challenging in the suit… 🧵
1. Requiring photo ID submission with a VBM request. This rule will harm elderly, poor & minority voters the most since they’re the LEAST likely to have ID. Studies have shown that 25% of Black voters do NOT currently have valid government photo ID, compared to 11% of all voters.
2. Banning mobile voting, except in cases of emergencies. In 2020, Fulton County—where 44% of residents are Black—turned to mobile voting to mitigate long lines. The new ban will disproportionately affect Black voters and will inevitably drive up wait times at the polls.
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18 Mar
ICYMI: 5 major Georgia companies have NOT outright condemned voter suppression bills #HB531 and #SB241, despite growing pressure from community activists. Take a look at who these companies are and what their statements say🧵⤵️
.@aflac released a statement calling for “secure voting while preserving election integrity”—language that parrots the baseless voter fraud claims made by Trump and Republicans. Make no mistake: these bills do not stop fraud—they stop young people and people of color from voting.
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11 Mar
🎓THREAD: College students make up nearly 20 million eligible voters across the country and are often the target of voter suppression, especially students who move to another state for school. Let’s break down the ins and outs of student voting⤵️
✅Starting with the basics: College students can register to vote using their campus address. In 1979, #SCOTUS affirmed in Symm v. United States that blocking college students from using their school address to register to vote violated the 26th Amendment.
The 26th Amendment, ratified in 1971, lowered the federal voting age to 18 and prohibited voter discrimination based on age. Voting laws targeting college students usually incorporate some aspect of age, so Symm fell under the 26th.🗳
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10 Mar
🚨SOON: At 12:00 PM ET the House Administration Committee will meet about a petition for the #IA02 2020 congressional race. We'll be live-tweeting the meeting on this thread. Before the meeting starts, get the facts on the situation below⤵️
The 2020 #IA02 congressional race was extremely close after GOP candidate Marianette Miller-Meeks was certified as the winner by 6 votes. Democratic candidate Rita Hart contested the results under the 1969 Federal Contested Elections Act, claiming 22 legal votes were not counted.
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9 Mar
🚨ALERT: FIVE GOP Senators have announced that they will NOT seek re-election in 2022. In many of these states, Republicans have already proven they’ll suppress voters in order to win.

See for yourself👇
RETIREE: Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri

For decades, Missouri Republicans have tried to suppress the vote through the enactment of onerous voting ID laws. Take a look at this 2018 lawsuit👇democracydocket.com/state/missouri/

RETIREE: Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina

North Carolina is no stranger to bad voting laws. Thirteen different lawsuits tell this story, ranging from Republican challenges to early voting, attacks on vote by mail and aggressive gerrymandering👇
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1 Mar
🚨ALERT: The biggest voting rights case of the term is headed to #SCOTUS TOMORROW, Brnovich v. DNC. Here’s a breakdown of how this Arizona case got started and what’s at stake. THREAD🧵:
This case started in 2013 with Shelby County v. Holder, when Arizona was released from the preclearance requirement and the DOJ/D.C. Federal District Court no longer had to approve changes to their voting laws. After Shelby, AZ started passing voter suppression laws. (1/12)
One law made it a felony to return someone’s ballot, a practice known as ballot collection. Ballot collection is used in Hispanic communities, where activists use it for GOTV drives, and in Native American communities, where it can be harder to access the postal service. (2/12)
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