I’ll bite:
Here are my top ten reasons.
10. It protects Section 2 of the VRA, which was recently dismantled when the SCOTUS decided I Brnovich v DNC that Arizona Republicans could essentially outlaw the voter registration tactics of the civil rights movement
Here are my top ten reasons.
10. It protects Section 2 of the VRA, which was recently dismantled when the SCOTUS decided I Brnovich v DNC that Arizona Republicans could essentially outlaw the voter registration tactics of the civil rights movement
https://twitter.com/notaproviderMD/status/1481254461314158593
9. It closes loopholes.
Vote suppressors have studied & exploited the VRA’s language that outlaws “violations to the 14th and 15th Amendment”
This bill prohibits the violation of ANY law that protects voters.
Only people who want to discriminate would oppose that.
Vote suppressors have studied & exploited the VRA’s language that outlaws “violations to the 14th and 15th Amendment”
This bill prohibits the violation of ANY law that protects voters.
Only people who want to discriminate would oppose that.
8. It restores preclearance.
Shelby v Holder dismantled the part of the VRA that required places with a history of voter suppression to check with the DOJ before changing voting laws & rules.
SCOTUS instructed Congress to come up with a new formula. The new formula says:
Shelby v Holder dismantled the part of the VRA that required places with a history of voter suppression to check with the DOJ before changing voting laws & rules.
SCOTUS instructed Congress to come up with a new formula. The new formula says:
“If you repeatedly violated minority voting rights in the last 20 years, you gotta check before you do it again”
It essentially puts a number on the amount of times states can be racist before we call them racist.
It essentially puts a number on the amount of times states can be racist before we call them racist.
7. It allows us to identify new racist places.
For instance, Wisconsin wasn’t previously under preclearance. But when they tried to purge 209,000 voters, a judge told them to look again. Then they said it was 69,000. Then 17,000.
Why didn’t they want these people to vote?
For instance, Wisconsin wasn’t previously under preclearance. But when they tried to purge 209,000 voters, a judge told them to look again. Then they said it was 69,000. Then 17,000.
Why didn’t they want these people to vote?
There reason was simple: “We gotta make sure these people can’t vote because, according to election records, they haven’t voted.”
This was in 2021. How long were those voters inactive?
Since 2019.
This was in 2021. How long were those voters inactive?
Since 2019.
6. It recognizes game
The John Lewis bill expands preclearance because some voter suppression doesn’t require changes to the laws. The newest tactics is to close precincts where Black & poor people live. This bill would require DOJ approval in places with histories of racism.
The John Lewis bill expands preclearance because some voter suppression doesn’t require changes to the laws. The newest tactics is to close precincts where Black & poor people live. This bill would require DOJ approval in places with histories of racism.
5. It exposes a lie.
Every time Black people take a step forward toward Democracy, White America suddenly gets interested in “election integrity” and “ballot security”
as a way to suppress nonwhite voters.
If it’s real, the JLVRA makes them prove it.
Every time Black people take a step forward toward Democracy, White America suddenly gets interested in “election integrity” and “ballot security”
as a way to suppress nonwhite voters.
If it’s real, the JLVRA makes them prove it.
4. Same with Gerrymandering.
Ya’boy John “the vote robber” Roberts already declared gerrymandering Black districts into oblivion is ok.
The JLVRA would look at every state redistributing plan where minority populations grew more than 20%
Ya’boy John “the vote robber” Roberts already declared gerrymandering Black districts into oblivion is ok.
The JLVRA would look at every state redistributing plan where minority populations grew more than 20%
3. It doesn’t depend on the DOJ.
Let’s say a racist president had a racist attorney general who kept saying & doing racist things. This law wouldn’t depend on the AG to protect voting rights. ANYONE can hold a state accountable.
It’s called the “Jeff Sessions Rule.”
Let’s say a racist president had a racist attorney general who kept saying & doing racist things. This law wouldn’t depend on the AG to protect voting rights. ANYONE can hold a state accountable.
It’s called the “Jeff Sessions Rule.”
2. It admits that white people are tricky.
The JLVA is broad because it leaves room for new voter suppression tactics & all the provisions are based on documented disparities like when cell phone data showed wait times for voters in Black neighborhoods
scientificamerican.com/article/smartp…
The JLVA is broad because it leaves room for new voter suppression tactics & all the provisions are based on documented disparities like when cell phone data showed wait times for voters in Black neighborhoods
scientificamerican.com/article/smartp…
But my number one reason is this:
Find a single moment in American history where Black people HAVENT faced voter suppression. There have been at least 19 federal laws that specifically addressed the intentional disenfranchisement of nonwhite voters…
Find a single moment in American history where Black people HAVENT faced voter suppression. There have been at least 19 federal laws that specifically addressed the intentional disenfranchisement of nonwhite voters…
From the Enforcement Act that said: “It’s illegal to terrorize people for voting” to the one that says: “seriously guys, no killing either,” to the VRA of 65 to the VRA of 2006 to the 1981 ruling that said “it’s illegal to terrorize people for voting.” theguardian.com/us-news/2020/a…
It is a thing that America has never stopped doing and at EVERY TURN, the vast majority of Americans have never fought to protect it.
Maybe it’s just time to stop pretending that they will.
Does that answer your question?
Maybe it’s just time to stop pretending that they will.
Does that answer your question?
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