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Author: Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America Writer: Speaking: annette@speakersforall.com

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    9 Aug 2019

    After long week sharing some good news: I’m writing new book! It's story of anti-democratic efforts to entrench white minority rule but also movements to resist it. Here’s news from Publisher’s Marketplace. It builds off Give Us the Ballot & thrilled to work w/ again

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  2. 1 hour ago

    In Texas you have to show strict ID to vote but not to carry a gun

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers approve letting people carry handguns without a license, background check or training.
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  3. Retweeted
    2 hours ago

    How Republican majority Texas legislature is trying to rig the next election:

    Texas Senate bill would drastically close polling places in large urban Dem counties. 13 of 24 House districts in Harris County, all represented by Dems, would lose polling places while GOP areas would gain polling places or no change. Outrageous
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  4. 10 hours ago

    Texas already closed 750 polling places after Supreme Court gutted Voting Rights Act, most in country 50 counties that gained most Black & Latino residents from 2012-2018 closed 542 polling places

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  5. 11 hours ago

    Under TX 13 House districts represented by Dems would lose 73 polling places in Harris County while 7 House districts represented by Republicans would gain 60 polling places. This is shameless election rigging

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  6. 12 hours ago

    Texas Senate bill would drastically close polling places in large urban Dem counties. 13 of 24 House districts in Harris County, all represented by Dems, would lose polling places while GOP areas would gain polling places or no change. Outrageous

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  7. Retweeted
    May 20

    🔊 NEW POD 🔊 's joins and for a deep dive into the machinations driving voter suppression laws around the country and what it means for our democracy.

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  8. Retweeted
    May 20

    Reps. Mondaire Jones, Val Demings, Colin Alred and Nikema Williams send a Dear Colleague letter stating the importance of enacting both HR1, the For The People Act, and HR4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Comes after Sen. Manchin prioritized HR4 over HR1.

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  9. Retweeted
    May 20

    A leaked video reveals a dark money group's connection to voter suppression laws across the country. “They are trying to accomplish the goal of the Big Lie, the goal of the insurrection through other means,” says on the :

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  10. May 20

    16 alleged cases of voter fraud out of 160 million votes in 2020: let's pass 361 new voter suppression laws 5 dead & 140 injured in worst attack on American democracy since Civil War: who needs 1/6 commission?

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  11. May 20

    Republicans say they don’t want to “relitigate 2020” while they hold a bogus fraudit in Arizona & pass wave of new voter suppression laws designed to do just that

    The GOP has a new excuse for opposing a 1/6 commission: They don't want to "relitigate 2020." What a crock. Republicans don't want a full accounting because it will implicate *them* and expose their ongoing abandonment of democracy *right now.* New piece:
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  12. Retweeted
    May 19

    The GOP voter suppression effort is calculated, coordinated, and designed to keep people from voting. It’s despicable. I will bring the Act to the Senate floor to restore democracy for all.

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    May 19

    A leaked video shows the connections between a right-wing dark money group and voter suppression laws. “It really was proof of a massive, coordinated right-wing dark money campaign to make it harder to vote,” is on the . Listen:

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  14. Retweeted
    May 19

    ICYMI: was on the floor today talking about Heritage Action and their work pushing voter suppression legislation across the country.

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    .: "seizing on that big lie that the election was stolen Republican legislatures are orchestrating the greatest contraction of voting rights since the end of Reconstruction and the beginning of Jim Crow"
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  15. May 19

    225 House Republicans voted for Benghazi commission. 175 House Republicans voted against Jan 6 commission

    Republicans held 33 hearings on Benghazi over two years but say it’s time to move on from Capitol attack after 4 months
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  16. May 19

    139 House Republicans voted to overturn 2020 election results after insurrection 175 House Republicans voted against bipartisan commission to investigate insurrection

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  17. May 19

    Stop giving Republicans veto power over protecting voting rights & investigating insurrection. Dems need to use power they have or they’ll lose it

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  18. May 19

    Here is & investigation referenced by on Senate floor showing dark money Heritage Action bragging in leaked video about writing “model legislation” in IA GA TX FL AZ to suppress voting rights

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  19. May 19

    Republicans passing wave of new voter suppression laws based on Big Lie but refusing to investigate attack that killed 5 people & injured 140 at their workplace

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    May 19

    A leaked video shows Heritage Action for America, a right-wing dark money group, bragging about using Georgia as a blueprint for voter suppression. explains on the :

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  21. May 19

    .: "seizing on that big lie that the election was stolen Republican legislatures are orchestrating the greatest contraction of voting rights since the end of Reconstruction and the beginning of Jim Crow"

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