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  1. MJ Muse @[email protected] ·

    Yes please do take off the gloves already House Democrats, California leaders weigh tit-for-tat redistricting if Texas Republicans redraw maps

    Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s aides have signaled their boss’s willingness to counter Texas redistricting with a similar move to offset GOP gains, lawmakers said.
    #TexasVoterSuppression #GovernorNewsom
    #MAGArepublicanscheat texastribune.org/2025/07/03/re

    #texasvotersuppression #governornewsom #magarepublicanscheat
  2. MJ Muse @[email protected] ·

    A Texas County DA is trying to get Crystal Mason’s conviction reinstated
    An appeals court found no evidence that she knew she was ineligible to vote when she cast her ballot.

    “Voting is a cornerstone of our democracy,” Sorrells said. “This office will protect the ballot box from fraudsters who think our laws don’t apply to them.” msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/c #TexasVoterSuppression #TexasFascistState #TexasJimCrow #VotingRights

    #texasvotersuppression #texasfasciststate #texasjimcrow #votingrights
  3. MJ Muse @[email protected] ·

    This is an ongoing problem.texastribune.org/2022/03/11/te #TexasVoterSuppression #TexasFascistState The impact of the Texas ID requirements was particularly pronounced in several larger counties, including Harris and Bexar. 2022 votes lost to the ID rules accounted for 99.6% of rejections in Harris County, which reported an overall rejection rate of roughly 19% among ballots that were received in time. By contrast, the county's rejection rate in the 2018 primary was .3%.

    #texasvotersuppression #texasfasciststate
  4. MJ Muse @[email protected] ·

    democracydocket.com/news-alert #Texasvotersuppression
    TEXAS

    Federal Judge Strikes Down Portions of Texas Voter Suppression Law S.B. 1
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, Aug. 17, a federal judge struck down portions of Texas’ 2021 omnibus voter suppression law, Senate Bill 1, for violating the Materiality Provision of the Civil Rights Act. The Materiality Provision protects against disenfranchisement on the basis of trivial errors that are unrelated to a voter’s eligibility. 
    #GOPtraitors #Texasfascism

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