Or at least voted at equal rates.
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(2017) White lawmaker warns black attorney she may ‘go missing’ if Confederate statues are threatened | The Washington Post
“To many necks they are red around here. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.”
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New York Governor Restores Voting Rights to Parolees | Colorlines
An estimated 35,000 residents, overwhelmingly Black and Latinx, stand to benefit from Andrew Cuomo’s executive order.
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The Missing Obama Millions | The New York Times
Our analysis shows that while 9 percent of Obama 2012 voters went for Mr. Trump in 2016, 7 percent — that’s more than four million missing voters — stayed home.
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Supreme Court Ruling On Ohio Voter Purge Will Have Long-Range Impact on Black Votes – Atlanta Black Star
The United States Supreme Court’s decision to review a challenge to Ohio’s voters roll purge policy brings the question of voter discrimination to the forefront again.
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This is not what democracy looks like: Michigan House pushes to disenfranchise more of its own voters
For all those who still believe we should give the Age of Trump a chance, please start paying attention.
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‘American Democracy Is More Than One Election’
International election observers assess the state of U.S. politics.
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Critics See Efforts by Counties and Towns to Purge Minority Voters From Rolls
When the deputy sheriff’s patrol cruiser pulled up beside him as he walked down Broad Street at sunset last August, Martee Flournoy, a 32-year-old black man, was both confused and rattled. He had reason: In this corner of rural Georgia, African-Americans are arrested at a rate far higher than that of whites.
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Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down North Carolina Voter ID Requirement
A federal appeals court decisively struck down North Carolina’s voter identification law on Friday, saying its provisions deliberately “target African-Americans with almost surgical precision” in an effort to depress black turnout at the polls.
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Note to Media: Black Lives Matter Is Not a ‘Get Out the Vote’ Campaign
Last week The Washington Post published a piece about black millennials and voting, the headline of which boldly declared: “Despite Black Lives Matter, young black Americans aren’t voting in higher numbers.”
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