Documemtary by Stefan Sharff The Impossible Louisiana “Literacy” Test Voter ID Suppresses Minority Voters Pre-SCOTUS Ruling State Voter ID Laws 12 Real Voter Suppression Tactics That May Return The Future of Voting Rights (22)
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Obama forms commission on long lines to vote (CNN) – Taking steps to make good on a pledge from his State of the Union Address, President Obama signed an executive order Thursday that establishes a bipartisan panel to address long lines at polling stations and other voter irregularities… The panel…
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From The Oyez Project: The Fourteenth Amendment protects every person’s right to due process of law. The Fifteenth Amendment protects citizens from having their right to vote abridged or denied due to “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” The Tenth Amendment reserves all rights not expressly granted to the…
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The Neo-Confederate Supreme Court Gearing Up to Restore White Rule Over America, Alternet: If white rule in the United States is to be restored and sustained, then an important first step will be the decision of the five Neo-Confederate justices on the U.S. Supreme Court to gut the Voting Rights…
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† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. CI: PRISONERS IN THE EYE OF THE STORMS by…
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In the face of a wave of GOP-inspired efforts to enact draconian voter suppression bills in pivotal swing states, Ari Berman reports that the Election Protection coalition plans to recruit 10,000 volunteers to assist at the polls during early voting and on election day in twenty states, particularly in high-turnout…
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† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. Criminalizing the Vote by Kay Whitlock The Great White…
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The Polling Industrial Complex and The Media “Horse-race” Narrative by nancy a heitzeg I am writing this in the immediate aftermath of the Joe Biden Beat-down of Lyin Paul Ryan, aka the VP Debates. The Sunshine Patriots and Fair Weather White Guys got what they claimed they wanted all right…
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