Thread by @ashtonpittman

This "extreme voter suppression bill" in Arizona sounds a lot like Mississippi's current election system.

Only one day of voting, no early voting, very limited absentee voting options with an absentee mail voting option that requires TWO notaries.

https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1486542119036588032

Oh, and we still have a Jim Crow-era voter disenfranchisement law on the books even though its authors said its purpose was "to eliminate the n–ger from politics."

Today, it bans tens of thousands of residents from voting—most of them Black.
mississippifreepress.org/11705/systemic…

If you're wondering how our election system works in practice:

Confusion, Two-Hour Waits After 2,000 Black, Hispanic Voters Relocated In Ridgeland
mississippifreepress.org/6704/confusion…

But while national Democrats and attorneys like @marceelias are challenging other state's voter suppression laws (that'd be an improvement here), they continue to ignore Mississippi, the Blackest state, and our far more repressive voter laws.

Just saying.
mississippifreepress.org/11705/systemic…

They're talking about neo-Jim Crow voting laws in states like Georgia and Arizona.

But Mississippi didn't pass a voter suppression law in 2021. Who needs neo Jim Crow when you still have remnants of the real Jim Crow intact and working as intended?
mississippifreepress.org/11705/systemic…