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But what about foreign adversaries like Elon Musk?

"Cyber Command, NSA chief warns foreign adversaries likely to target midterms"
https://therecord.media/cyber-command-nsa-chief-midterm-election-threat
#USPol #USElections #CISA #NSA #USCyberCommand #ElectionInterference #ArmyGenJoshuaRudd

But what about foreign adversaries like Elon Musk?

"Cyber Command, NSA chief warns foreign adversaries likely to target midterms"
https://therecord.media/cyber-command-nsa-chief-midterm-election-threat
#USPol #USElections #CISA #NSA #USCyberCommand #ElectionInterference #ArmyGenJoshuaRudd

But what about foreign adversaries like Elon Musk?

"Cyber Command, NSA chief warns foreign adversaries likely to target midterms"
https://therecord.media/cyber-command-nsa-chief-midterm-election-threat
#USPol #USElections #CISA #NSA #USCyberCommand #ElectionInterference #ArmyGenJoshuaRudd

But what about foreign adversaries like Elon Musk?

"Cyber Command, NSA chief warns foreign adversaries likely to target midterms"
https://therecord.media/cyber-command-nsa-chief-midterm-election-threat
#USPol #USElections #CISA #NSA #USCyberCommand #ElectionInterference #ArmyGenJoshuaRudd

But what about foreign adversaries like Elon Musk?

"Cyber Command, NSA chief warns foreign adversaries likely to target midterms"
https://therecord.media/cyber-command-nsa-chief-midterm-election-threat
#USPol #USElections #CISA #NSA #USCyberCommand #ElectionInterference #ArmyGenJoshuaRudd

Will 2026 finally be the year of third parties in the United States, the year when voters are fed up with our political duopoly?

https://www.cfr.org/articles/the-u-s-economy-was-shaky-before-the-iran-war-now-its-in-real-trouble

#elections #democracy #duopoly #elections2026 #DemocraticParty #GOP #midtermElections #politicalParties #USElections #USPolitics

BREAKING: Trumps Redistricting Plan May Backfire - https://youtu.be/DNpQ87xObsU?si=ggKaaAdsbTHST-l0 #gerrymandering #redistricting #USElections #DemocracyDocket #DumpTrump #MarcElias

#EpsteinFiles: BOMBSHELL EXPOSED - They're Still Deleting Files & Only 2% Have Been Released!

#DaveNeal

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J8QAZucdtDA

#StopDeletingTheEpsteinFiles !!!!

16.05min mark: Female #iCEThugs were pretending tveir cars were broken to lure POCs to be kidnapped. DISGUSTING!!!! #NaziUSA #AbolishICE #FuckICE. #ICE are also going into Facebook groups
17.30 minmark #NewJersey man never protested until now bec of #ICE & U.S. #fascism

🚨🚨 18.50 min mark #WTF does #DHS have to do with #USElections
You need to watch this and listen very carefully to what this monster #PuppykillerNoem is saying #ElectionStealing #NaziNoem TheSAVEActisVOTERSUPPRESSION#VoterSuppression

20.30 min mark: #Puppykiller spending over 200 million tax US dollars on ads to tell #immigrants of colour to leave the U.S. She also has ties to the ad company (is she getting a kickback?) Watch this segment

Last story: GOP has a history increased deficit, every Dem decreased it

5 glaring warning signs for Republicans in this year's midterm elections

by Domenico Montanaro, February 9, 2026

"Times Square's digital screens have nothing on the glaring warning signs for Republicans ahead of these upcoming midterm elections.

President Trump, his policies and actions are unpopular. The GOP continues to lose special elections. Republicans are retiring at faster rates than Democrats. And people are saying they'd rather Democrats control Congress.

At this point, all of it adds up to trouble for the party in power." [Let's hope so...]

Read more:
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/09/nx-s1-5704794/trump-house-of-representatives-republicans-midterm-elections

#USPol #USElections #2026Elections #Midterms #Economy #TrumpSucks #ICESucks

@amydiehl

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨#ALERT

#votersuppression #USElections #TransAndNonBinaryrRightsAreHumanRights :heart_trans: :heart_nb:

#womansrights #ElectionStealing #SAVEAct

Medicare Advantage Is a Dangerous Trap: Hospital Care Manager Confirms the Scam

A hospital care manager and I expose how Medicare Advantage traps seniors with denials and delays—while Traditional Medicare remains the safer choice.

#americanPatriarchy #anaCabreraReports #danielleMoodie #feministPolitics #genderBias #mediaAnalysis #michelleObama #misogyny #msnbc #politicalCommentary #politicsDoneRight #progressiveAnalysis #racismInPolitics #sexismInPolitics #uSDemocracy #uSElections #womanPresident #womenInLeadership

https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-oee

Danielle Moodie Breaks Down Why America Still Isn’t Ready for a Woman President

Danielle Moodie delivers a sharp analysis of Michelle Obama’s claim that America isn’t ready for a woman president, exposing the misogyny and racism still shaping U.S. politics.

#americanPatriarchy #anaCabreraReports #danielleMoodie #feministPolitics #genderBias #mediaAnalysis #michelleObama #misogyny #msnbc #politicalCommentary #politicsDoneRight #progressiveAnalysis #racismInPolitics #sexismInPolitics #uSDemocracy #uSElections #womanPresident #womenInLeadership

https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-oe8

Trump offers cautious support after Mamdani wins New York mayoral race

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://dailytimes.com.pk/1395799/trump-offers-cautious-support-after-mamdani-wins-new-york-mayoral-race/

Trump offers cautious support after Mamdani wins New York mayoral race

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://dailytimes.com.pk/1395799/trump-offers-cautious-support-after-mamdani-wins-new-york-mayoral-race/

Trump offers cautious support after Mamdani wins New York mayoral race

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://dailytimes.com.pk/1395799/trump-offers-cautious-support-after-mamdani-wins-new-york-mayoral-race/

Trump offers cautious support after Mamdani wins New York mayoral race

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://dailytimes.com.pk/1395799/trump-offers-cautious-support-after-mamdani-wins-new-york-mayoral-race/

Trump offers cautious support after Mamdani wins New York mayoral race

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://dailytimes.com.pk/1395799/trump-offers-cautious-support-after-mamdani-wins-new-york-mayoral-race/

#ZohranMamdani #ZohranKwameMamdani #ZohranKMamdani

It’s a small step in a world filled with pain, and injustice, but the most powerful revolutions begin with whispers.

Es un paso pequeño en un mundo plagado de dolor, de injusticia, pero las revoluciones más poderosas comienzan con susurros.

#Democrat #Demócrata #Socialist #Socialista #HumanRighs #DerechosHumanos #Islam #Muslims #Musulmanes #NewYork #NewJersey #USElections2025 #USElections

📸 #Shopcats #CatsForZohran

Keeping my eye on #USElections... More #DemocraticSocialists please!

#MaineQuestion1 is a good reason to vote in an "off-year" election (you know, when the sneaky types try and pass shit!).

#Mainers like #AbsenteeVoting. Question 1 would make that option harder.

The November referendum has been framed around requiring #VoterID, but it also includes a host of changes to absentee voting.

Rachel Ohm, August 24, 2025

Excerpt: "#MaineVoters have come to increasingly rely on absentee or #MailInBallots — a practice that is routinely targeted by #Republicans politicians as rife with potential fraud, even though evidence doesn’t support that.

"During last year’s presidential election, almost half of all votes cast were absentee. The latest citizen-initiated proposal would make that more difficult.
If passed, it would prohibit voters from requesting absentee ballots by phone, and would require older Mainers and those with disabilities to renew their eligibility each year. The proposal also would limit the number of #DropBoxes municipalities are allowed to have and prohibit them from including prepaid return postage."

Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/08/21/question-1-would-make-changes-to-absentee-voting-an-option-mainers-increasingly-like/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/CuNbt

#Absentee #BallotAccess #Disabled #Poor #MaineVoters #DisabilityRights #VoterDisenfranchisement #USPol #MainePol #USElections

#VisuallyImpaired #voters sue #NewHampshire over changes to #Absentee #BallotAccess

The plaintiffs say the new law will deter some voters with #disabilities from participating in the democratic process at all, even after they have registered to vote

By Steven Porter Globe Staff, Updated August 21, 2025, 9:30 a.m.

"Three people with visual impairments are suing New Hampshire officials to challenge the constitutionality of a law that will soon tighten #PhotoID requirements for voters seeking an #AbsenteeBallot.

"The plaintiffs — Adele Robertson of #ExeterNH, Daniel Frye of #ConcordNH, and Regina Wilson of #BrentwoodNH — allege the new law, known as #SenateBill287, will impose a significant burden on every #AbsenteeVoter statewide.

" 'And, in some cases, these burdens will entirely prevent voters from exercising their #RightToVote,' their lawsuit states.
Under the new rules imposed by #SB287, voters will be required to either bring a photo ID to their local election officials to request an absentee ballot in person, or submit a copy of their ID or a notarized signature along with their application.
While proponents said the legislation will better protect election integrity, critics said the changes will add barriers that disproportionately impact #seniors, voters with #disabilities, and those living in #rural parts of the state."

Read more:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/21/metro/nh-blind-disabilities-voters-absentee-ballots/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/DWXKG

#VoterDisenfranchisement #DisabilityRights #USPol #NHPol #AbsenteeVoting #USElections

Former U.S. Vice President and 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris says she will not run for governor of California in 2026. @abc has more.

https://flip.it/7uyv.v

#VP #Veep #Kamala #Harris #USElections #USPolitics #California #Governor

What Is A #PollTax? Definition and Examples

By Robert Longley, July 27, 2022

Excerpt: "In the United States, the origin of the poll tax—and the controversy surrounding it—is associated with the agrarian unrest of the 1880s and 1890s, which culminated in the rise of the Populist Party in the Western and the Southern states. The Populists, representing low-income farmers, gave Democrats in these areas the only serious competition that they had experienced since the end of Reconstruction. The competition led both parties to see the need to attract Black citizens back into politics and to compete for their vote. As the Democrats defeated the Populists, they amended their state constitutions or drafted new ones to include various discriminatory disfranchising devices. When the payment of the poll tax was made a prerequisite to voting, impoverished #BlackPeople and often #PoorWhitePeople, unable to afford the tax, were denied the #RightToVote.

"During the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era in the United States, the former states of the Confederacy repurposed the poll tax explicitly to prevent formerly enslaved #BlackAmericans from voting. Although the #14thAmendment and #15thAmendment [s] gave Black men full #citizenship and #VotingRights, the power to determine what constituted a qualified voter was left to the states. Beginning with Mississippi in 1890, #SouthernStates quickly exploited this legal loophole. At its 1890 constitutional convention, Mississippi imposed a $2.00 poll tax and early registration as a requirement for voting. This had catastrophic results for the Black electorate. Whereas approximately 87,000 Black citizens registered to vote in 1869, representing almost 97% of the eligible voting-age population, fewer than 9,000 of them registered to vote after the state’s new constitution took effect in 1892.

"Between 1890 and 1902, all eleven former #Confederate states imposed some form of a poll tax to deter Black Americans from voting. The tax, which ranged from $1 to $2, was prohibitively expensive for most Black sharecroppers, who earned their wages in crops, not currency. Beyond the cost, voter registration and tax payment offices were usually located in public spaces designed to intimidate potential voters, like courthouses and police stations.

"The southern states also enacted #JimCrowLaws intended to reinforce #RacialSegregation and restrict Black voting rights. Along with the poll tax, most of these states also imposed literacy tests, which required potential voters to read and interpret in writing sections of the state constitution. So-called 'grandfather clauses' allowed a person to vote without paying the poll tax or passing the literacy test if their father or grandfather had voted before the abolition of slavery in 1865; a stipulation that automatically precluded all formerly enslaved persons. Together, the grandfather clause and the literacy tests effectively restored voting rights to poorer White voters who could not pay the poll tax, while further suppressing the Black vote.

"Poll taxes of varying stipulations lingered in Southern states well into the 20th century. While some states abolished the tax in the years after World War I, others retained it. Ratified in 1964, the #24thAmendment to the #USConstitution declared the tax unconstitutional in federal elections.

"Specifically, the 24th Amendment states:

'The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.'

"President Lyndon B. Johnson called the amendment a 'triumph of liberty over restriction.' 'It is a verification of people's rights, which are rooted so deeply in the mainstream of this nation's history,' he said.

"The #VotingRightsAct of 1965 created significant changes in the voting status of Black Americans throughout the South. The law prohibited the states from using literacy tests and other methods of excluding Black Americans from voting. Before this, only an estimated twenty-three percent of voting-age Black citizens were registered nationally, but by 1969 the number had jumped to sixty-one percent.

"In 1966 the U.S. Supreme Court went beyond the Twenty-fourth Amendment by ruling in the case of Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections that under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, states could not levy a poll tax as a prerequisite for voting in state and local elections. In two months in the spring of 1966, federal courts declared poll tax laws unconstitutional in the last four states that still had them, starting with Texas on February 9. Similar decisions soon followed in Alabama and Virginia. Mississippi's $2.00 poll tax (about $18 today) was the last to fall, declared unconstitutional on April 8, 1966."

https://www.thoughtco.com/poll-tax-definition-and-examples-5443130
#VoterDisenfranchisement #USPol #USHistory #TwentyFourthAmendment #FourteenthAmendment #FifteenthAmendment #VoterRights #LiteracyTests #USElections #VoterSuppression #BlackAmericans

What Is A #PollTax? Definition and Examples

By Robert Longley, July 27, 2022

Excerpt: "In the United States, the origin of the poll tax—and the controversy surrounding it—is associated with the agrarian unrest of the 1880s and 1890s, which culminated in the rise of the Populist Party in the Western and the Southern states. The Populists, representing low-income farmers, gave Democrats in these areas the only serious competition that they had experienced since the end of Reconstruction. The competition led both parties to see the need to attract Black citizens back into politics and to compete for their vote. As the Democrats defeated the Populists, they amended their state constitutions or drafted new ones to include various discriminatory disfranchising devices. When the payment of the poll tax was made a prerequisite to voting, impoverished #BlackPeople and often #PoorWhitePeople, unable to afford the tax, were denied the #RightToVote.

"During the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era in the United States, the former states of the Confederacy repurposed the poll tax explicitly to prevent formerly enslaved #BlackAmericans from voting. Although the #14thAmendment and #15thAmendment [s] gave Black men full #citizenship and #VotingRights, the power to determine what constituted a qualified voter was left to the states. Beginning with Mississippi in 1890, #SouthernStates quickly exploited this legal loophole. At its 1890 constitutional convention, Mississippi imposed a $2.00 poll tax and early registration as a requirement for voting. This had catastrophic results for the Black electorate. Whereas approximately 87,000 Black citizens registered to vote in 1869, representing almost 97% of the eligible voting-age population, fewer than 9,000 of them registered to vote after the state’s new constitution took effect in 1892.

"Between 1890 and 1902, all eleven former #Confederate states imposed some form of a poll tax to deter Black Americans from voting. The tax, which ranged from $1 to $2, was prohibitively expensive for most Black sharecroppers, who earned their wages in crops, not currency. Beyond the cost, voter registration and tax payment offices were usually located in public spaces designed to intimidate potential voters, like courthouses and police stations.

"The southern states also enacted #JimCrowLaws intended to reinforce #RacialSegregation and restrict Black voting rights. Along with the poll tax, most of these states also imposed literacy tests, which required potential voters to read and interpret in writing sections of the state constitution. So-called 'grandfather clauses' allowed a person to vote without paying the poll tax or passing the literacy test if their father or grandfather had voted before the abolition of slavery in 1865; a stipulation that automatically precluded all formerly enslaved persons. Together, the grandfather clause and the literacy tests effectively restored voting rights to poorer White voters who could not pay the poll tax, while further suppressing the Black vote.

"Poll taxes of varying stipulations lingered in Southern states well into the 20th century. While some states abolished the tax in the years after World War I, others retained it. Ratified in 1964, the #24thAmendment to the #USConstitution declared the tax unconstitutional in federal elections.

"Specifically, the 24th Amendment states:

'The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.'

"President Lyndon B. Johnson called the amendment a 'triumph of liberty over restriction.' 'It is a verification of people's rights, which are rooted so deeply in the mainstream of this nation's history,' he said.

"The #VotingRightsAct of 1965 created significant changes in the voting status of Black Americans throughout the South. The law prohibited the states from using literacy tests and other methods of excluding Black Americans from voting. Before this, only an estimated twenty-three percent of voting-age Black citizens were registered nationally, but by 1969 the number had jumped to sixty-one percent.

"In 1966 the U.S. Supreme Court went beyond the Twenty-fourth Amendment by ruling in the case of Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections that under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, states could not levy a poll tax as a prerequisite for voting in state and local elections. In two months in the spring of 1966, federal courts declared poll tax laws unconstitutional in the last four states that still had them, starting with Texas on February 9. Similar decisions soon followed in Alabama and Virginia. Mississippi's $2.00 poll tax (about $18 today) was the last to fall, declared unconstitutional on April 8, 1966."

https://www.thoughtco.com/poll-tax-definition-and-examples-5443130
#VoterDisenfranchisement #USPol #USHistory #TwentyFourthAmendment #FourteenthAmendment #FifteenthAmendment #VoterRights #LiteracyTests #USElections #VoterSuppression #BlackAmericans

What Is A #PollTax? Definition and Examples

By Robert Longley, July 27, 2022

Excerpt: "In the United States, the origin of the poll tax—and the controversy surrounding it—is associated with the agrarian unrest of the 1880s and 1890s, which culminated in the rise of the Populist Party in the Western and the Southern states. The Populists, representing low-income farmers, gave Democrats in these areas the only serious competition that they had experienced since the end of Reconstruction. The competition led both parties to see the need to attract Black citizens back into politics and to compete for their vote. As the Democrats defeated the Populists, they amended their state constitutions or drafted new ones to include various discriminatory disfranchising devices. When the payment of the poll tax was made a prerequisite to voting, impoverished #BlackPeople and often #PoorWhitePeople, unable to afford the tax, were denied the #RightToVote.

"During the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era in the United States, the former states of the Confederacy repurposed the poll tax explicitly to prevent formerly enslaved #BlackAmericans from voting. Although the #14thAmendment and #15thAmendment [s] gave Black men full #citizenship and #VotingRights, the power to determine what constituted a qualified voter was left to the states. Beginning with Mississippi in 1890, #SouthernStates quickly exploited this legal loophole. At its 1890 constitutional convention, Mississippi imposed a $2.00 poll tax and early registration as a requirement for voting. This had catastrophic results for the Black electorate. Whereas approximately 87,000 Black citizens registered to vote in 1869, representing almost 97% of the eligible voting-age population, fewer than 9,000 of them registered to vote after the state’s new constitution took effect in 1892.

"Between 1890 and 1902, all eleven former #Confederate states imposed some form of a poll tax to deter Black Americans from voting. The tax, which ranged from $1 to $2, was prohibitively expensive for most Black sharecroppers, who earned their wages in crops, not currency. Beyond the cost, voter registration and tax payment offices were usually located in public spaces designed to intimidate potential voters, like courthouses and police stations.

"The southern states also enacted #JimCrowLaws intended to reinforce #RacialSegregation and restrict Black voting rights. Along with the poll tax, most of these states also imposed literacy tests, which required potential voters to read and interpret in writing sections of the state constitution. So-called 'grandfather clauses' allowed a person to vote without paying the poll tax or passing the literacy test if their father or grandfather had voted before the abolition of slavery in 1865; a stipulation that automatically precluded all formerly enslaved persons. Together, the grandfather clause and the literacy tests effectively restored voting rights to poorer White voters who could not pay the poll tax, while further suppressing the Black vote.

"Poll taxes of varying stipulations lingered in Southern states well into the 20th century. While some states abolished the tax in the years after World War I, others retained it. Ratified in 1964, the #24thAmendment to the #USConstitution declared the tax unconstitutional in federal elections.

"Specifically, the 24th Amendment states:

'The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.'

"President Lyndon B. Johnson called the amendment a 'triumph of liberty over restriction.' 'It is a verification of people's rights, which are rooted so deeply in the mainstream of this nation's history,' he said.

"The #VotingRightsAct of 1965 created significant changes in the voting status of Black Americans throughout the South. The law prohibited the states from using literacy tests and other methods of excluding Black Americans from voting. Before this, only an estimated twenty-three percent of voting-age Black citizens were registered nationally, but by 1969 the number had jumped to sixty-one percent.

"In 1966 the U.S. Supreme Court went beyond the Twenty-fourth Amendment by ruling in the case of Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections that under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, states could not levy a poll tax as a prerequisite for voting in state and local elections. In two months in the spring of 1966, federal courts declared poll tax laws unconstitutional in the last four states that still had them, starting with Texas on February 9. Similar decisions soon followed in Alabama and Virginia. Mississippi's $2.00 poll tax (about $18 today) was the last to fall, declared unconstitutional on April 8, 1966."

https://www.thoughtco.com/poll-tax-definition-and-examples-5443130
#VoterDisenfranchisement #USPol #USHistory #TwentyFourthAmendment #FourteenthAmendment #FifteenthAmendment #VoterRights #LiteracyTests #USElections #VoterSuppression #BlackAmericans

What Is A #PollTax? Definition and Examples

By Robert Longley, July 27, 2022

Excerpt: "In the United States, the origin of the poll tax—and the controversy surrounding it—is associated with the agrarian unrest of the 1880s and 1890s, which culminated in the rise of the Populist Party in the Western and the Southern states. The Populists, representing low-income farmers, gave Democrats in these areas the only serious competition that they had experienced since the end of Reconstruction. The competition led both parties to see the need to attract Black citizens back into politics and to compete for their vote. As the Democrats defeated the Populists, they amended their state constitutions or drafted new ones to include various discriminatory disfranchising devices. When the payment of the poll tax was made a prerequisite to voting, impoverished #BlackPeople and often #PoorWhitePeople, unable to afford the tax, were denied the #RightToVote.

"During the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era in the United States, the former states of the Confederacy repurposed the poll tax explicitly to prevent formerly enslaved #BlackAmericans from voting. Although the #14thAmendment and #15thAmendment [s] gave Black men full #citizenship and #VotingRights, the power to determine what constituted a qualified voter was left to the states. Beginning with Mississippi in 1890, #SouthernStates quickly exploited this legal loophole. At its 1890 constitutional convention, Mississippi imposed a $2.00 poll tax and early registration as a requirement for voting. This had catastrophic results for the Black electorate. Whereas approximately 87,000 Black citizens registered to vote in 1869, representing almost 97% of the eligible voting-age population, fewer than 9,000 of them registered to vote after the state’s new constitution took effect in 1892.

"Between 1890 and 1902, all eleven former #Confederate states imposed some form of a poll tax to deter Black Americans from voting. The tax, which ranged from $1 to $2, was prohibitively expensive for most Black sharecroppers, who earned their wages in crops, not currency. Beyond the cost, voter registration and tax payment offices were usually located in public spaces designed to intimidate potential voters, like courthouses and police stations.

"The southern states also enacted #JimCrowLaws intended to reinforce #RacialSegregation and restrict Black voting rights. Along with the poll tax, most of these states also imposed literacy tests, which required potential voters to read and interpret in writing sections of the state constitution. So-called 'grandfather clauses' allowed a person to vote without paying the poll tax or passing the literacy test if their father or grandfather had voted before the abolition of slavery in 1865; a stipulation that automatically precluded all formerly enslaved persons. Together, the grandfather clause and the literacy tests effectively restored voting rights to poorer White voters who could not pay the poll tax, while further suppressing the Black vote.

"Poll taxes of varying stipulations lingered in Southern states well into the 20th century. While some states abolished the tax in the years after World War I, others retained it. Ratified in 1964, the #24thAmendment to the #USConstitution declared the tax unconstitutional in federal elections.

"Specifically, the 24th Amendment states:

'The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.'

"President Lyndon B. Johnson called the amendment a 'triumph of liberty over restriction.' 'It is a verification of people's rights, which are rooted so deeply in the mainstream of this nation's history,' he said.

"The #VotingRightsAct of 1965 created significant changes in the voting status of Black Americans throughout the South. The law prohibited the states from using literacy tests and other methods of excluding Black Americans from voting. Before this, only an estimated twenty-three percent of voting-age Black citizens were registered nationally, but by 1969 the number had jumped to sixty-one percent.

"In 1966 the U.S. Supreme Court went beyond the Twenty-fourth Amendment by ruling in the case of Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections that under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, states could not levy a poll tax as a prerequisite for voting in state and local elections. In two months in the spring of 1966, federal courts declared poll tax laws unconstitutional in the last four states that still had them, starting with Texas on February 9. Similar decisions soon followed in Alabama and Virginia. Mississippi's $2.00 poll tax (about $18 today) was the last to fall, declared unconstitutional on April 8, 1966."

https://www.thoughtco.com/poll-tax-definition-and-examples-5443130
#VoterDisenfranchisement #USPol #USHistory #TwentyFourthAmendment #FourteenthAmendment #FifteenthAmendment #VoterRights #LiteracyTests #USElections #VoterSuppression #BlackAmericans

What Is A #PollTax? Definition and Examples

By Robert Longley, July 27, 2022

Excerpt: "In the United States, the origin of the poll tax—and the controversy surrounding it—is associated with the agrarian unrest of the 1880s and 1890s, which culminated in the rise of the Populist Party in the Western and the Southern states. The Populists, representing low-income farmers, gave Democrats in these areas the only serious competition that they had experienced since the end of Reconstruction. The competition led both parties to see the need to attract Black citizens back into politics and to compete for their vote. As the Democrats defeated the Populists, they amended their state constitutions or drafted new ones to include various discriminatory disfranchising devices. When the payment of the poll tax was made a prerequisite to voting, impoverished #BlackPeople and often #PoorWhitePeople, unable to afford the tax, were denied the #RightToVote.

"During the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era in the United States, the former states of the Confederacy repurposed the poll tax explicitly to prevent formerly enslaved #BlackAmericans from voting. Although the #14thAmendment and #15thAmendment [s] gave Black men full #citizenship and #VotingRights, the power to determine what constituted a qualified voter was left to the states. Beginning with Mississippi in 1890, #SouthernStates quickly exploited this legal loophole. At its 1890 constitutional convention, Mississippi imposed a $2.00 poll tax and early registration as a requirement for voting. This had catastrophic results for the Black electorate. Whereas approximately 87,000 Black citizens registered to vote in 1869, representing almost 97% of the eligible voting-age population, fewer than 9,000 of them registered to vote after the state’s new constitution took effect in 1892.

"Between 1890 and 1902, all eleven former #Confederate states imposed some form of a poll tax to deter Black Americans from voting. The tax, which ranged from $1 to $2, was prohibitively expensive for most Black sharecroppers, who earned their wages in crops, not currency. Beyond the cost, voter registration and tax payment offices were usually located in public spaces designed to intimidate potential voters, like courthouses and police stations.

"The southern states also enacted #JimCrowLaws intended to reinforce #RacialSegregation and restrict Black voting rights. Along with the poll tax, most of these states also imposed literacy tests, which required potential voters to read and interpret in writing sections of the state constitution. So-called 'grandfather clauses' allowed a person to vote without paying the poll tax or passing the literacy test if their father or grandfather had voted before the abolition of slavery in 1865; a stipulation that automatically precluded all formerly enslaved persons. Together, the grandfather clause and the literacy tests effectively restored voting rights to poorer White voters who could not pay the poll tax, while further suppressing the Black vote.

"Poll taxes of varying stipulations lingered in Southern states well into the 20th century. While some states abolished the tax in the years after World War I, others retained it. Ratified in 1964, the #24thAmendment to the #USConstitution declared the tax unconstitutional in federal elections.

"Specifically, the 24th Amendment states:

'The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.'

"President Lyndon B. Johnson called the amendment a 'triumph of liberty over restriction.' 'It is a verification of people's rights, which are rooted so deeply in the mainstream of this nation's history,' he said.

"The #VotingRightsAct of 1965 created significant changes in the voting status of Black Americans throughout the South. The law prohibited the states from using literacy tests and other methods of excluding Black Americans from voting. Before this, only an estimated twenty-three percent of voting-age Black citizens were registered nationally, but by 1969 the number had jumped to sixty-one percent.

"In 1966 the U.S. Supreme Court went beyond the Twenty-fourth Amendment by ruling in the case of Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections that under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, states could not levy a poll tax as a prerequisite for voting in state and local elections. In two months in the spring of 1966, federal courts declared poll tax laws unconstitutional in the last four states that still had them, starting with Texas on February 9. Similar decisions soon followed in Alabama and Virginia. Mississippi's $2.00 poll tax (about $18 today) was the last to fall, declared unconstitutional on April 8, 1966."

https://www.thoughtco.com/poll-tax-definition-and-examples-5443130
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#USElections: #EuropeanGreens call for #JillStein to step down

"On 5 November 2024 the world will be watching to see whether Americans choose #KamalaHarris or Donald #Trump to be their next president. Ahead of these pivotal elections, European Greens have called upon #USGreenParty candidate Jill Stein to withdraw her Presidential candidacy, and endorse Kamala #Harris.

"The stakes of these elections could not be higher.

"Donald Trump has promised that if he becomes President again, he will extend #abortion bans, deny members of the #LGBTQIA+ community their rights, and deport #migrants en masse. Like other #UltraConservative politicians across the globe with whom he has close relationships such as Vladimir #Putin, Viktor #Orbán, and Jair #Bolsonaro he would undermine democracy.

"The European Green family, made up of Green parties from across Europe, advocates for a politics that prioritises the #planet, people and #peace above #CorporateGreed, #SystemicInjustice, and violence.

"We are clear that Kamala Harris is the only candidate who can block Donald Trump and his anti-democratic, #authoritarian policies from the White House.

"This election takes place at a watershed moment in the history of our planet. We face a #ClimateCrisis that is worsening every year, with #heatwaves, #floods, and a loss of #biodiversity at a rate never seen before. Climate policies require democratic institutions, which we fear would be dismantled if Trump is elected.

"On top of this, wars are raging and authoritarianism is growing throughout the world. In this crucial moment, Europe needs Kamala Harris as President of the United States, to be a reliable partner and to take the urgent, decisive action needed on the climate crisis, and to bring about a just and sustainable peace in the Middle East.

"European Greens also highlight the divergent values and policies of themselves and Jill Stein’s US Green Party. There is no link between the two, as the US Greens are no longer a member of the global organisation of Green parties. In part this fissure resulted from their relationship with parties with authoritarian leaders, and serious policy differences on key issues including #Russia’s full scale assault on #Ukraine.

"Right now, the race for the White House is too close for comfort. We call on Jill Stein to withdraw from the race, and endorse Kamala Harris for the presidency of the United States."

https://europeangreens.eu/news/us-elections-european-greens-call-for-jill-stein-to-step-down/

#Election2024 #USGP #EuropeanGreens #VoteAsIfYourLifeDependsOnIt

#USElections: #EuropeanGreens call for #JillStein to step down

"On 5 November 2024 the world will be watching to see whether Americans choose #KamalaHarris or Donald #Trump to be their next president. Ahead of these pivotal elections, European Greens have called upon #USGreenParty candidate Jill Stein to withdraw her Presidential candidacy, and endorse Kamala #Harris.

"The stakes of these elections could not be higher.

"Donald Trump has promised that if he becomes President again, he will extend #abortion bans, deny members of the #LGBTQIA+ community their rights, and deport #migrants en masse. Like other #UltraConservative politicians across the globe with whom he has close relationships such as Vladimir #Putin, Viktor #Orbán, and Jair #Bolsonaro he would undermine democracy.

"The European Green family, made up of Green parties from across Europe, advocates for a politics that prioritises the #planet, people and #peace above #CorporateGreed, #SystemicInjustice, and violence.

"We are clear that Kamala Harris is the only candidate who can block Donald Trump and his anti-democratic, #authoritarian policies from the White House.

"This election takes place at a watershed moment in the history of our planet. We face a #ClimateCrisis that is worsening every year, with #heatwaves, #floods, and a loss of #biodiversity at a rate never seen before. Climate policies require democratic institutions, which we fear would be dismantled if Trump is elected.

"On top of this, wars are raging and authoritarianism is growing throughout the world. In this crucial moment, Europe needs Kamala Harris as President of the United States, to be a reliable partner and to take the urgent, decisive action needed on the climate crisis, and to bring about a just and sustainable peace in the Middle East.

"European Greens also highlight the divergent values and policies of themselves and Jill Stein’s US Green Party. There is no link between the two, as the US Greens are no longer a member of the global organisation of Green parties. In part this fissure resulted from their relationship with parties with authoritarian leaders, and serious policy differences on key issues including #Russia’s full scale assault on #Ukraine.

"Right now, the race for the White House is too close for comfort. We call on Jill Stein to withdraw from the race, and endorse Kamala Harris for the presidency of the United States."

https://europeangreens.eu/news/us-elections-european-greens-call-for-jill-stein-to-step-down/

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#USElections: #EuropeanGreens call for #JillStein to step down

"On 5 November 2024 the world will be watching to see whether Americans choose #KamalaHarris or Donald #Trump to be their next president. Ahead of these pivotal elections, European Greens have called upon #USGreenParty candidate Jill Stein to withdraw her Presidential candidacy, and endorse Kamala #Harris.

"The stakes of these elections could not be higher.

"Donald Trump has promised that if he becomes President again, he will extend #abortion bans, deny members of the #LGBTQIA+ community their rights, and deport #migrants en masse. Like other #UltraConservative politicians across the globe with whom he has close relationships such as Vladimir #Putin, Viktor #Orbán, and Jair #Bolsonaro he would undermine democracy.

"The European Green family, made up of Green parties from across Europe, advocates for a politics that prioritises the #planet, people and #peace above #CorporateGreed, #SystemicInjustice, and violence.

"We are clear that Kamala Harris is the only candidate who can block Donald Trump and his anti-democratic, #authoritarian policies from the White House.

"This election takes place at a watershed moment in the history of our planet. We face a #ClimateCrisis that is worsening every year, with #heatwaves, #floods, and a loss of #biodiversity at a rate never seen before. Climate policies require democratic institutions, which we fear would be dismantled if Trump is elected.

"On top of this, wars are raging and authoritarianism is growing throughout the world. In this crucial moment, Europe needs Kamala Harris as President of the United States, to be a reliable partner and to take the urgent, decisive action needed on the climate crisis, and to bring about a just and sustainable peace in the Middle East.

"European Greens also highlight the divergent values and policies of themselves and Jill Stein’s US Green Party. There is no link between the two, as the US Greens are no longer a member of the global organisation of Green parties. In part this fissure resulted from their relationship with parties with authoritarian leaders, and serious policy differences on key issues including #Russia’s full scale assault on #Ukraine.

"Right now, the race for the White House is too close for comfort. We call on Jill Stein to withdraw from the race, and endorse Kamala Harris for the presidency of the United States."

https://europeangreens.eu/news/us-elections-european-greens-call-for-jill-stein-to-step-down/

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#USElections: #EuropeanGreens call for #JillStein to step down

"On 5 November 2024 the world will be watching to see whether Americans choose #KamalaHarris or Donald #Trump to be their next president. Ahead of these pivotal elections, European Greens have called upon #USGreenParty candidate Jill Stein to withdraw her Presidential candidacy, and endorse Kamala #Harris.

"The stakes of these elections could not be higher.

"Donald Trump has promised that if he becomes President again, he will extend #abortion bans, deny members of the #LGBTQIA+ community their rights, and deport #migrants en masse. Like other #UltraConservative politicians across the globe with whom he has close relationships such as Vladimir #Putin, Viktor #Orbán, and Jair #Bolsonaro he would undermine democracy.

"The European Green family, made up of Green parties from across Europe, advocates for a politics that prioritises the #planet, people and #peace above #CorporateGreed, #SystemicInjustice, and violence.

"We are clear that Kamala Harris is the only candidate who can block Donald Trump and his anti-democratic, #authoritarian policies from the White House.

"This election takes place at a watershed moment in the history of our planet. We face a #ClimateCrisis that is worsening every year, with #heatwaves, #floods, and a loss of #biodiversity at a rate never seen before. Climate policies require democratic institutions, which we fear would be dismantled if Trump is elected.

"On top of this, wars are raging and authoritarianism is growing throughout the world. In this crucial moment, Europe needs Kamala Harris as President of the United States, to be a reliable partner and to take the urgent, decisive action needed on the climate crisis, and to bring about a just and sustainable peace in the Middle East.

"European Greens also highlight the divergent values and policies of themselves and Jill Stein’s US Green Party. There is no link between the two, as the US Greens are no longer a member of the global organisation of Green parties. In part this fissure resulted from their relationship with parties with authoritarian leaders, and serious policy differences on key issues including #Russia’s full scale assault on #Ukraine.

"Right now, the race for the White House is too close for comfort. We call on Jill Stein to withdraw from the race, and endorse Kamala Harris for the presidency of the United States."

https://europeangreens.eu/news/us-elections-european-greens-call-for-jill-stein-to-step-down/

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#USElections: #EuropeanGreens call for #JillStein to step down

"On 5 November 2024 the world will be watching to see whether Americans choose #KamalaHarris or Donald #Trump to be their next president. Ahead of these pivotal elections, European Greens have called upon #USGreenParty candidate Jill Stein to withdraw her Presidential candidacy, and endorse Kamala #Harris.

"The stakes of these elections could not be higher.

"Donald Trump has promised that if he becomes President again, he will extend #abortion bans, deny members of the #LGBTQIA+ community their rights, and deport #migrants en masse. Like other #UltraConservative politicians across the globe with whom he has close relationships such as Vladimir #Putin, Viktor #Orbán, and Jair #Bolsonaro he would undermine democracy.

"The European Green family, made up of Green parties from across Europe, advocates for a politics that prioritises the #planet, people and #peace above #CorporateGreed, #SystemicInjustice, and violence.

"We are clear that Kamala Harris is the only candidate who can block Donald Trump and his anti-democratic, #authoritarian policies from the White House.

"This election takes place at a watershed moment in the history of our planet. We face a #ClimateCrisis that is worsening every year, with #heatwaves, #floods, and a loss of #biodiversity at a rate never seen before. Climate policies require democratic institutions, which we fear would be dismantled if Trump is elected.

"On top of this, wars are raging and authoritarianism is growing throughout the world. In this crucial moment, Europe needs Kamala Harris as President of the United States, to be a reliable partner and to take the urgent, decisive action needed on the climate crisis, and to bring about a just and sustainable peace in the Middle East.

"European Greens also highlight the divergent values and policies of themselves and Jill Stein’s US Green Party. There is no link between the two, as the US Greens are no longer a member of the global organisation of Green parties. In part this fissure resulted from their relationship with parties with authoritarian leaders, and serious policy differences on key issues including #Russia’s full scale assault on #Ukraine.

"Right now, the race for the White House is too close for comfort. We call on Jill Stein to withdraw from the race, and endorse Kamala Harris for the presidency of the United States."

https://europeangreens.eu/news/us-elections-european-greens-call-for-jill-stein-to-step-down/

#Election2024 #USGP #EuropeanGreens #VoteAsIfYourLifeDependsOnIt

BREAKING: Kamala scores HUGE endorsement from top REPUBLICAN - https://youtu.be/7yHKvpLNX0Y?si=LphWr4gJOUFfMAI9 #DumpTrump #vote #vote2024 #2024vote #Election2024 #2024election #USPolitics #USElections #USElection #USElection2024 #KamalaHarris #Harris_Walz2024 #HarrisWalz #HarrisWalz2024 #Jan6 #Jan6th #January6th #January6thInsurrection #Jan6thInsurrection #Jan6Insurrection #BTC #BrianTylerCohen #AtheistVoter #RepublicansAgainstTrump #J6 #RepublicanVotersAgainstTrump

If you think cops are #ACAB now, wait'll you see what #Trump has in mind! When a #Fascist says they're going to install #Fascism if elected, believe them! #VoteLikeYourLifeDependsOnIt!

American #DeathSquads’: Inside Trump’s Push to Make #Police More Violent

Trump’s recent call for a “#ViolentDay” of policing is part of his plan to push cops to be as brutal as possible and shield them from accountability

By Asawin Suebsaeng, Tim Dickinson
October 3, 2024

"In the final weeks of his 2024 campaign to retake the White House, Trump is now explicitly running on a platform of encouraging domestic law enforcement to initiate — with an idea that drew immediate comparisons this week to the #dystopian-horror movie series, #ThePurge — 'one really violent day' of policing to put the fear of god into retail thieves."

Original article:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-plan-cops-violent-american-death-squads-1235123895/

Archive:
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Republican has MEDICAL EMERGENCY During Debate – Democrat Opponent Andy Kim Rushes to His Aid! - https://youtu.be/rfvlgIGcgM0?si=du3Mx2BmI4q0kYpX #vote #vote2024 #2024vote #Election2024 #2024election #USPolitics #USElections #USElection #USElection2024 #Jan6 #Jan6th #January6th #January6thInsurrection #Jan6thInsurrection #Jan6Insurrection #KamalaHarris #Harris_Walz2024 #HarrisWalz #HarrisWalz2024 #AtheistVoter #JesseDollemore #DollemoreDaily #immigrants #AmericanImmigrants #AndyKim #CurtisBashaw #NewJersey

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Trump’s campaign slogan ought to be:

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