The irregularities in North Carolina voting are being called “voter fraud” (here’s one example from a good media outlet), but as far as I can tell, they’re not. It sounds like some group of persons was collecting mail-in ballots, or sending mail-in ballots to people who had never requested them. In other words, someone between …
Voting Rights
Open Thread: Gauntlet, Thrown!
This is what we need! Democrats fighting for our rights! pic.twitter.com/KE4t4V8iAW — Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) November 16, 2018 If it were to become law, the bill would: 1. Establish automatic voter registration 2. Reinvigorate the Voting Rights Act (gutted by SCOTUS in 2013) 3. End partisan gerrymandering in favor of an independent redistricting commission@highbrow_nobrow https://t.co/iu4iQsCKGz …
Native American Voters, Still Fighting for Their Rights
Good news in North Dakota thanks to dedicated activists. https://t.co/U1TkN4sN8g — ACLU ?? (@ACLU) November 1, 2018 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Efforts by American Indian tribes in North Dakota to provide free identification with street addresses to thousands of members in advance of Tuesday’s election are cutting into the number of Native Americans who could …
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Stacey Abrams vs. the Revanchist Racist
Retweet this to remind everyone in Georgia that their vote counts. pic.twitter.com/bD53MuFifN — ???Black Aziz aNANsi??? (@Freeyourmindkid) October 19, 2018 Wim Laven arrived to his Georgia polling site unsure of voter suppression allegations. Then he waited 2 hours in the sun; saw one person in line treated for heat exhaustion; watched a 2nd collapse, yet …
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Positive News: Native Americans Fight Back Against GOP Voter Suppression
BREAKING: Native Americans push back on North Dakota voter ID rule, announcing in a new statement they will issue street address documents at polling locations to members who need them. pic.twitter.com/tukNkgrV18 — Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) October 18, 2018 With North Dakota's voter ID law in place for the election, Standing Rock Sioux leaders say they're …
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Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Getting Out the Vote
Look. No, we can't guarantee everyone gets to vote who should and we can't guarantee every vote will be counted. But I can promise you: the vote you don't cast *definitely* goes right in the garbage. And every election we *don't* win, they have more time and more power. — Alexandraah! Erin (@alexandraerin) October 14, …
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Monday Morning Open Thread: Reasons to Believe
WATCH: Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer, remembers her daughter — and what her daughter stood for in #Charlottesville — on the 1-year anniv. of her death. pic.twitter.com/W76fl51czf — NBC News (@NBCNews) August 12, 2018 There are some good people in the world. The guy accused of starting the Holy Fire in Orange County, CA …
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