#blackvotesmatter — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #blackvotesmatter, aggregated by home.social.
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Great interview with our friends at More Equitable Democracy about election reform. "Too many times we have seen top-down campaigns. Some politically savvy organization says, 'This is the right solution. How do we get people of color on board? Let's hire an outreach person!' People of color are not stupid, and they want to be part of the decisions being made. "
#BlackVotesMatter #democracy #VotingRights #ProportionalRepresentation #ElectionReform -
“They’re people in this country who fought, died and bleed for the right to vote. Don’t be a dick! What we’re seeing through out the south is their voice, their vote, their representation are not being sent to Congress.” ~Bakari Sellers #VRA #BlackVotesMatter #Alabama
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“No justice, no peace! A peaceful protester gets dragged out of the Alabama State House. #Alabama #BlackVotesMatter
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Remember 30% of Americans DIDN'T VOTE IN 2024 Follow @[email protected] GET OUT AND #VOTE #BlackVotesMatter blackvotersmatterfund.org/vote/
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Tonight at 8pm Eastern: Join Roland Martin for the BLACKEST election night coverage ever!
Watch on https://youtube.com/rolandsmartin
#rolandmartinunfiltered #blackvotesmatter #vote #BlackMastodon
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It’s a REALLY long ruling but the judges just go off on the #Alabama #Republican-controlled House #redistricting map & the fact that they completely ignored the court’s previous ruling.
Among other things, they find that #GOP lawmakers *intentionally* discriminated against #Black Alabamians when they passed a map that did not create a 2nd Black district.
#law #VotingRights #VRA #gerrymandering #BlackVotesMatter #racism
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Federal court issues final declaration that the #Alabama #legislature's 2023 House map violates federal #law.
3 judges all originally appointed by #GOP presidents (two #Trump, one Reagan).
In 2023, the court issued a preliminary injunction barring use of that map & imposed a court-drawn map for 2024. It may remain in place for the rest of the decade, but not clear.
#VotingRights #gerrymandering #redistricting #BlackVotesMatter #racism
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This Atlantic article by Tim Alberta was published just before the #Trump shooting & #POTUS Joe #Biden’s decision to step down & endorse MVP #KamalaHarris, so you, like me, may have missed it.
By a mile the most jaw dropping quote is from Trump’s campaign co-manager, Susie Wiles:
“We’re not fighting for Black people, we’re fighting for Black men between 18 & 34.”
#BlackVotesMatter #RepresentationMatters #VoteBlue #Harris2024
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/07/trump-campain-election-2024-susie-wiles-chris-lacivita/678806/ -
“Let me say this again, because #Trump is lying like hell about it. Black #unemployment hit a record low under the #BidenHarris administration”
“We’re going to end #medical #debt… I'm working with states to wipe out #MedicalDebt for pennies on the dollar.”
“I have been young, & now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken.”
Full #NAACP speech:
https://youtu.be/nLdcEE_SGPQ?si=ZN-GgKC9m-GbbWPB -
More from #POTUS’ “Black jobs” arc re MVP #KamalaHarris:
“She’s not only a great vice president, she could be president of the United States!”Other great #Biden lines:
“Truman said you want a friend in Washington, get a dog. Guess what? After the last couple of weeks, I know what he means.”
“Sandy Hook & Uvalde, concert goers in Las Vegas. You're going to be outspoken on one, don’t be silent on others.” #GunControl
#BlackVotesMatter #NAACP #jobs #labor #economy #BidenHarris2024
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She had no idea she would soon be indicted on a charge of illegal voting. She later said that she would not have jeopardized her freedom by submitting a ballot & would have left the polling place if she’d known she wasn’t allowed to vote.
#Election workers checking provisional ballots — as is routine — later determined Mason was ineligible, so her ballot was never counted.#law #ElectionLaw #GOP #VoterIntimidation #VoteSuppression #ElectionInterference #BlackVotesMatter #democracy #VoteBlue
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#CrystalMason, a fmr tax preparer, had served a prison sentence for fed tax fraud after pleading guilty to inflating her clients’ tax returns in 2012 & was on supervised release in 2016.
She didn’t know that made her ineligible to vote when she cast a provisional ballot at her polling place in #Texas. She went to vote w/her family & was told by a poll worker that she wasn’t on the rolls but could fill out a provisional ballot.
#law #GOP #VoterIntimidation #BlackVotesMatter #democracy #VoteBlue -
#Texas 2nd Court of Appeals Judge Wade Birdwell ruled that there was not enough evidence to show #CrystalMason had known she was ineligible to vote.
The case had been seen as an example of a #GOP-led crackdown on alleged [BS] voter fraud in TX, & Mason’s attys framed it as an attempt at intimidating other voters, particularly people of color & those returning from prison, by making an example of Mason.
#law #ElectionLaw #VoterIntimidation #VoteSuppression #BlackVotesMatter #democracy #VoteBlue -
A #Texas appeals court reversed the conviction of #CrystalMason, a Black woman, who had been sentenced to 5 yrs in prison on a charge of illegally voting in 2016, acquitting her in a case that #CivilRights attys cast as part of a broader fight for #VotingRights.
Mason voted w/a provisional ballot in 2016 but did not know she was ineligible to do so. The ballot WAS NOT COUNTED, but she was convicted in 2018.#law #GOP #BlackVotesMatter #VoteBlue
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During arguments, a majority of the #SupremeCourt appeared inclined to reinstate the lines the state had wanted. 5 months later, the justices have yet to rule. Both sides had asked the justices to rule by Jan.
By hanging onto the case, #SCOTUS effectively allowed the clock to run out for the #2024election.#law #Gerrymandering #BlackVotesMatter #RepresentationMatters #VoteBlue
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Last yr the panel…found the map illegally split neighborhoods in the #Charleston area to make #NancyMace’s race easier. The new lines constituted a #RacialGerrymander that “exiled >30k African American citizens from their previous district,” the panel found.
In arguments before #SCOTUS in Oct, attys for #SouthCarolina argued that lawmakers had not relied on race to draw maps in violation of the #Constitution. Rather, they used #political info to decide…, they said. -
The panel of 3 judges last year concluded that #SouthCarolina’s #Republican-led #legislature “exiled” 30k #BlackVoters from the district to make it safer for a #White #GOP incumbent, Rep #NancyMace.
#SC appealed, & both sides asked #SCOTUS to expedite the case to ensure a final ruling was in place well ahead of #election season. The justices heard arguments in October but have yet to rule.#law #Gerrymandering #BlackVotesMatter #RepresentationMatters #VoteBlue
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#SouthCarolina to use #CongressionalMap deemed #unconstitutional
#SCOTUS heard arguments on the redistricting case in Oct but has yet to rule🤬, essentially running out the clock for the #2024election. A #federal #court ruled Thurs that time had run out to draw a new congressional district in #SC & said the state could use its existing map even though it had earlier determined that map was unconstitutional.#law #Gerrymandering #BlackVotesMatter
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/28/south-carolina-redistricting-2024-election/ -
The decision from U.S. District #Judge Steve Jones likely ensures that #Republicans will maintain their 9-5 advantage among the state's 14 seats in the U.S. #House of Representatives.
#GerryMandering #law #legal #RepresentationMatters #BlackVotesMatter #Congress #democracy
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We really need to get some smarter people to run for office. At all levels. No more Jesus freaks, CEOs, whiny billionaires, or Crypto Bros.
#democracy #bidenharris2024 #VoteBlue2024 #stupidity #fuckaroundandfindout #immigrantrights #lgbtqrights #blackvotesmatter
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The world needs more RM Browns out there making politicians look like the clowns that they are. Like Francis Suarez who didn't know what a Uyghur was when he was on Hugh Hewitt's show, but when he had enough time to look it up and tweet about it...duh of course THOSE Uyghurs. Just watch the video.
#democracy #bidenharris2024 #VoteBlue2024 #stupidity #fuckaroundandfindout #immigrantrights #lgbtqrights #blackvotesmatter
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Thousands of Black slaves “supported” the Confederacy’s war effort. They were forced; they had no choice.
Today, millions of Black Americans are proud Republicans. They’re free to choose; they have no excuse.
#BlackRepublicans #SelfLoathing #TimScott #GOP #Republicans #AfricanAmericans #BlackVoters #BlackVotesMatter