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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCARTOON: Jim Crow Is Back!
keep these threads kicked:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023455743
Disenfranchised 92yo black woman sues just hours after NC gov. signs voter ID law
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023455189
N.C. sued soon after voter ID bill signed into law
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023458394
Texas Defends Voting Laws: We Don't Want Democrats To Vote
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CARTOON: Jim Crow Is Back! (Original Post)
napkinz
Aug 2013
OP
napkinz
(17,199 posts)1. "All In With Chris Hayes" right now
Discussing North Carolina and the return to Jim Crow.
dembotoz
(16,739 posts)2. been back for a long time--read the New Jim Crow--Michelle Alexander?
perhaps never left
napkinz
(17,199 posts)3. after the Supreme Court's decision on the Voting Rights Act ...
... it's now Jim Crow on STEROIDS!
napkinz
(17,199 posts)4. "The Texas GOP proudly defends its right to white political power."
How the Texas GOP Is Moving Swiftly to Protect the Political Power of White Conservatives
By Steven Rosenfeld
August 9, 2013
After the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, Republican majorities and politicians in many Southern states quickly went to work to revive segregationist Jim Crow voting laws.
North Carolinas legislature passed an astounding package of bills destroying 20 years of inclusive reforms. Alabama and Mississippi began enforcing new tougher ID laws. Floridas Tea Party Gov. Rick Scott resurrected a 2012 witch-hunt for hundreds of thousands of non-citizenscode for non-whiteson voter rolls.
And then theres Texas, where Republican Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Gregg Abbott, is leading the most brazenly racist effort of all.
Texas and the U.S. Justice Departments Civil Rights Division have been fighting over the state redrawing election district lines to intentionally dilute the possibility of non-white voting blocks electing candidates in state and federal races. Before the Supreme Court gutted the VRA in June, Abbott would not acknowledge the race-based political implications of his states GOP-led redistricting.
read more: http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/how-texas-gop-moving-swiftly-protect-political-power-white-conservatives
By Steven Rosenfeld
August 9, 2013
After the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, Republican majorities and politicians in many Southern states quickly went to work to revive segregationist Jim Crow voting laws.
North Carolinas legislature passed an astounding package of bills destroying 20 years of inclusive reforms. Alabama and Mississippi began enforcing new tougher ID laws. Floridas Tea Party Gov. Rick Scott resurrected a 2012 witch-hunt for hundreds of thousands of non-citizenscode for non-whiteson voter rolls.
And then theres Texas, where Republican Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Gregg Abbott, is leading the most brazenly racist effort of all.
Texas and the U.S. Justice Departments Civil Rights Division have been fighting over the state redrawing election district lines to intentionally dilute the possibility of non-white voting blocks electing candidates in state and federal races. Before the Supreme Court gutted the VRA in June, Abbott would not acknowledge the race-based political implications of his states GOP-led redistricting.
read more: http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/how-texas-gop-moving-swiftly-protect-political-power-white-conservatives
napkinz
(17,199 posts)5. Your Guide to North Carolina Republicans' War on Voting
Your Guide to North Carolina Republicans' War on Voting... Er I Mean "Preventing Voter Fraud!!
Aug 13, 2013
Stephen Wolf
North Carolina Republicans, eager to exercise their vice grip over the levers of power in the state for the first time since Reconstruction, recently passed a radical voting 'reform' law that Governor Pat McCrory just signed that among other things implemented a Voter ID provision. While you've likely heard of this aspect of the law, it also does some other dastardly things and make no mistake: all of them are designed to unfairly disadvantage the Democrats.
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The changes to early voting will depress turnout, especially among the young, poor, and minorities. Disallowing Sunday voting in particular is targeted towards the "Souls to the Polls" movement that Black churches would do after Sunday services. Banning pre-registration obviously is intended to lower turnout among heavily Democratic young people.
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The changes to early voting will depress turnout, especially among the young, poor, and minorities. Disallowing Sunday voting in particular is targeted towards the "Souls to the Polls" movement that Black churches would do after Sunday services. Banning pre-registration obviously is intended to lower turnout among heavily Democratic young people.
read more:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/13/1230927/-Your-Guide-to-North-Carolina-Republicans-War-on-Voting-Er-I-Mean-Preventing-Voter-Fraud-11
Aug 13, 2013
Stephen Wolf
North Carolina Republicans, eager to exercise their vice grip over the levers of power in the state for the first time since Reconstruction, recently passed a radical voting 'reform' law that Governor Pat McCrory just signed that among other things implemented a Voter ID provision. While you've likely heard of this aspect of the law, it also does some other dastardly things and make no mistake: all of them are designed to unfairly disadvantage the Democrats.
---
The changes to early voting will depress turnout, especially among the young, poor, and minorities. Disallowing Sunday voting in particular is targeted towards the "Souls to the Polls" movement that Black churches would do after Sunday services. Banning pre-registration obviously is intended to lower turnout among heavily Democratic young people.
---
The changes to early voting will depress turnout, especially among the young, poor, and minorities. Disallowing Sunday voting in particular is targeted towards the "Souls to the Polls" movement that Black churches would do after Sunday services. Banning pre-registration obviously is intended to lower turnout among heavily Democratic young people.
read more:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/13/1230927/-Your-Guide-to-North-Carolina-Republicans-War-on-Voting-Er-I-Mean-Preventing-Voter-Fraud-11
BumRushDaShow
(127,317 posts)6. James Crow, Esq. nt
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napkinz
(17,199 posts)8. Rachel Maddow: War on student voting next step for NC Republicans
napkinz
(17,199 posts)9. On this 50th anniversary ...
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