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In 1890, delegates at Mississippi's constitutional convention chose crimes that would cause a permanent loss of voting rights: bribery, burglary, theft, arson, perjury, forgery, embezzlement and bigamy.
#SaveMississippi

The delegates chose crimes they thought Black people were… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
𝟭𝟲% of Black MS residents of voting age can't vote due to these laws.

This was part of a larger plan to stop freed slaves (who outnumbered white men of voting age) from voting after the passage of the 15th amendment.

The process of getting the right to vote back is so… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The law is so complex, and there's so much confusion around it that many people who haven't committed any of the qualifying crimes believe they can't vote, and have started the process to get their right to vote back.

Mississippi is still in the Jim Crow era.

It's past time for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Blocked by Republicans.
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