Demographic changes could bring success for Democrats and Stacey Abrams – and counter alleged voter suppression against minorities.
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Founders of ‘Black Voters Matter’ and ‘Woke Vote’ Discuss Black Electoral Empowerment in the South | The Harvard Crimson
“Black Votes Matter” co-founder LaTosha R. Brown and “Woke Vote” founder DeJuana L. Thompson joined students to discuss black electoral empowerment at the Phillips Brooks House Thursday.
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Georgia County and Secretary of State Sued for Rejecting Minority Absentee Ballots at High Rates | Mother Jones
Gwinnett County has thrown out a much higher share of ballots from minority voters than from white voters.
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Kamala Harris proposes big new middle-class tax break | Politico
Sen. Kamala Harris, a potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, today proposed a big new tax break for average Americans.
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My Grandmother Calls Me Every Election Day. Here’s Why That Matters. | Forbes
Ferrisa Connell Forbes President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 while Martin Luther King and others look on. Featured Image [dropcap]Each[/dropcap] November, my now 93-year-old grandmother dresses up to cast her vote in-person at her local precinct. Perhaps more importantly, she also calls each of her kids and grandchildren to remind […]
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Georgia Voters: Here’s How to Legally Vote Even if You’re on Brian Kemp’s Can’t-Vote List | Yahoo News
Kat Armstrong Yahoo News [dropcap]The[/dropcap] Georgia Governor’s race is making even more headlines this week — and not just because Democratic hopeful Stacey Abrams could become the US’s first-ever Black woman governor. News spread Thursday that the Republican candidate, current Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, has been accused of using his position to suppress […]
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Why one nurse is running for Congress | Politico, Pulse Check
The midterm elections are about health care — especially for one former HHS staffer mounting a challenge for Congress.
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In Mississippi Senate race, an African American Democrat faces a Republican using a Confederate symbol | The Washington Post
In Mississippi, where Espy is seeking to become the first black senator from the state since shortly after the Civil War, the difficulty facing him is underscored by the unbroken line of white, male faces that have led the state for the past century and a half. And it is exemplified by McDaniel’s tactics.
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A Former Obama Operative Built a New Anti-Republican Attack Machine | Bloomberg Businessweek
Joshua Green Bloomberg Businessweek John Burton PHOTOGRAPHER: MICHAEL FRIBERG FOR BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK Featured Image [dropcap]One[/dropcap] evening in September, Tanya, a consultant at a big New York firm, was on her laptop scrutinizing public records and reading posts on VKontakte, the Russian social network, involving Representative Dana Rohrabacher, the Republican congressman from California. She was looking […]
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Letter From The Democrat Plantation | Medium
William Spivey Medium The Old Plantation, John Rose. Featured Image [dropcap]I[/dropcap] argue on the Internet with what I’ll lump together and call Republicans. Most of them are indeed registered Republicans although some prefer only to be called Conservative or Libertarian. As far as I know, I’m the only black regular among the group but being […]
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