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Election Reform

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Poeraria

(219 posts)
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 01:02 PM Jul 2021

As it seems that GOP efforts to stifle Democratic voters in many states, doesn't it seem obvious... [View all]

...that our efforts should be focused at thwarting their actual restrictions, state to state.

Where two ID's are required, we've got to help folks get those ID's.

Where access to polling places is restricted, we have to help folks get to polls.

We need to know the new laws and work to get around them.

Light a fire under our voters by reminding them that their vote is no only support for a candidate, but the best and only effort to defeat white supremacist efforts to take away their right to vote.

We have to generate test court cases against practices such as giving voters bottles or water, or rides to the polls. Try these cases early in case appeals are needed.

The most troubling changes to laws involve GOP Legislative bodies taking over the procedure, particularly when they strip local election apparatus.

Yes, fight the efforts in court, but if they are successful in their attempts, we have to fight them on the ground by working around their efforts.

Just a thought.

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