voter suppression
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Activists Follow the Example of the Freedom Riders During a Trip to Promote Rights for Black Voters
The bus trip traveled the reverse route that the original Freedom Riders took through various Southern states in the 1960s.
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Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Georgia and Its Racist and Voter Suppressive Ways
We've all had it with Georgia Republicans and GOPoor losers across the nation trying to suppress the vote under the guise of securing already secure elections.
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Here We Go Again: Georgia Purges 100,000 Voters from Registration Files
An Atlanta NAACP official told a local news outlet that he's worried about thousands of voters being wrongfully removed from the registration roll.
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A County in North Carolina Cancels Coke Machines Because CEO Believes People Should Be Able to Easily Vote
I’m sure you knew this, but Republicans are some weirdos. They spent the last year yelling about “cancel culture,” only to spend this year canceling anyone who doesn’t go along with their lies. Republican state legislators in North Carolina got in on the canceling action by voting to remove Coke machines from all government facilities…
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Texas Democrats Block Republican Voter Suppression Bill by Walking TF Off the House Floor
On Sunday, The Root reported that the GOPropagandist-controlled Texas Senate approved what is very clearly a voter suppression bill that was negotiated behind closed doors, pushed “earlier than usual” and one that arbitrarily makes it more difficult to vote. Well, on Sunday night, state Senate Democrats banded together to show that they are having none…
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Texas Senate Approves Voter Suppression Bill That was Negotiated Behind Closed Doors and Pushed 'Earlier Than Usual'
Republicans really are the worst. GOP lawmakers get to be delusional and proceed with legislation that assumes their delusions are real. For example, they propose and sign bills that ban Critical Race Theory from being taught in schools even though they don’t actually know what CRT is, nor do they ever seem to present much…
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Stacey Abrams Kills Any Doubts About Her Desire to Become President: 'It's Still a Job That I Want'
Stacey Abrams, who was last seen protecting our democracy from Trump’s acolytes, getting nominated for Nobel Peace Prizes, and publishing best-selling novels, might have a lot on her plate, but she still has plenty of time to chin-check Republicans and make history in the process. She also has time to appear on the podcast Skimm’d…
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Florida Republicans Are One Step Closer to Making It Harder for Non-White People to Vote
Florida Republicans are up to their anti-voter rights bullshit again and they aren’t pretending to hide their disdain for democracy. They have been fine-tuning their bill SB 90, which will make voting in the state much more difficult and passed it in the House on a party-line vote of 77-40 Wednesday. It now goes to…