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From: Cstar1
8/24/18
Trump admin is actively looking for polling places in black areas that violate the ADA so they can shut them down.
The ADA is being used to disenfranchise minority voters - ThinkProgress
Correction: This story has been updated to accurately reflect when the Department of Justice's ADA enforcement actions were initiated and to include comment from counties that had positive experiences with the initiative.A majority-black county in rural Georgia announced a plan last week to close seven of its nine polling places ahead of the November election, claiming the polls cannot continue...
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8/24/18
— ACLU (@ACLU) August 24, 2018
VICTORY: Randolph County rejected the proposal to close 7 polling places, referencing overwhelming public outrage.
Voting is a fundamental right that underpins all others. Public pressure works — when elected officials try to make it harder to vote, they will hear from us.
VICTORY: Randolph County rejected the proposal to close 7 polling places, referencing overwhelming public outrage.From: Cstar1
9/7/18
? Kassandra Seven ? on Twitter
"A federal judge quoted the movie Groundhog Day when ruling Friday that 32 counties across Florida violated the Voting Rights Act by denying Puerto Ricans - displaced by Hurricane Maria and now living in Florida - access to Spanish-language ballots. https://t.co/9cRmgswzRX"
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10/3/18
Suddenly 2,400 Texas who thought they were registered to vote in Nov, might in fact not be. If you are a voter in Texas who used https://t.co/idnNG8pXye to register you MUST read this story: https://t.co/Op4wN77Qk2
— Jeremy Wallace (@JeremySWallace) October 3, 2018
- Edited October 27, 2018 11:40 am by Cstar1
From: Cstar1
10/13/18
Exclusive: High Rate of Absentee Ballot Rejection Reeks of Voter Suppression - WhoWhatWhy
A WhoWhatWhy investigation shows that a huge percentage of absentee ballots in a majority-minority county are getting rejected - and that at least some voters seem to be kept in the dark about it.
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