GOP National Voter Suppression (Interstate Crosscheck, ID, Poll Closures, Voter Patrols)

[Dr. Acula]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/15/...n-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

PASADENA, Tex. — Within days of the Supreme Court striking down the heart of the Voting Rights Act in June 2013, the mayor of this working-class industrial city set in motion a contentious change to the local election system that critics said was aimed at protecting white control of the City Council in the face of rapid growth in the city’s Hispanic population.

It set off a furor, which was only inflamed when at a subsequent redistricting hearing, the mayor, Johnny Isbell, brought a gun. At another meeting, he ordered police officers to remove a council member for violating a three-minute speaking limit.

Asked by SCOTUSblog why he was pursuing the change, Mr. Isbell replied, “Because the Justice Department can no longer tell us what to do.”

The judge, Lee H. Rosenthal of the Federal District Court in Houston, ruled on Jan. 6 that the city’s change to the election system violated the Voting Rights Act and intentionally discriminated against Latino voters. Judge Rosenthal put the city under federal oversight, requiring Pasadena officials to seek advance approval from the Justice Department before changing the City Council election map and procedures, a practice known as preclearance.

The outcome of the case in Pasadena is a major test of whether the Voting Rights Act in its diminished form remains a vital tool for minority voters, particularly as the Justice Department inevitably swings to the right in the Trump administration.

Judge Rosenthal’s 113-page ruling describes a racially charged atmosphere in Pasadena politics to support its finding of intentional discrimination.

Councilman Ornaldo Ybarra testified that when he was campaigning in 2009, white residents told him that they “weren’t going to vote for a wetback.” Richard Scott, the city’s director of community relations and an ally of the mayor, directed a vendor to “pull out Hispanic names” from the mailing list of voters who would receive campaign materials in favor of the 6-2 map.

 

[Dr. Acula]

Bumping. Since this is such a clear cut case of maintaining a white supremacy power structure.

 

[88m3]

Shelby County v. Holder - Wikipedia

disgusting

 

[Serious]

Now this is actual racism, expect this be more widespread, cacs are so scared of loosing control, being a minority and even worse yet, being discriminated against, despite benefitting from these practices.

 

[FAH1223]

 

[el_oh_el]

He's setting it up with all this "voter fraud" bytching

 

[Dr. Acula]

Not surprising.

The republicans in Wisconsin and North Carolina provided the blueprint for how these fukks are going to act on a national level for the next four years.

A lot of last minute bills and rule changes and of course, as in both cases, racial based voter suppression.

People who actually care about this need to stay awake

 

[FaTaL]

Well of course

We knew this was coming

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Not surprising.

The republicans in Wisconsin and North Carolina provided the blueprint for how these fukks are going to act on a national level for the next four years.

A lot of last minute bills and rule changes and of course, as in both cases, racial based voter suppression.

People who actually care about this need to stay awake

Pennsylvania was the blueprint. Those two states showed how to get it thru. The next are gonna perfect it. Book it breh

 

[allshaftnohead]

Not surprising.

The republicans in Wisconsin and North Carolina provided the blueprint for how these fukks are going to act on a national level for the next four years.

A lot of last minute bills and rule changes and of course, as in both cases, racial based voter suppression.

People who actually care about this need to stay awake

I'm gonna get involved in being an election official next cycle I think. I used to live in the same town as my dad and they gave me a hard time one time because "someone with the same last name already voted". Like yeah I have family. I really don't wanna see people who may not know their rights or have the determination to not let people fukk with them get turned away by some bullshyt

 

[FAH1223]

Pennsylvania was the blueprint. Those two states showed how to get it thru. The next are gonna perfect it. Book it breh

Interstate Crosscheck was huge in the midwest

 

[iFightSeagullsForBread]

I'm gonna get involved in being an election official next cycle I think. I used to live in the same town as my dad and they gave me a hard time one time because "someone with the same last name already voted". Like yeah I have family. I really don't wanna see people who may not know their rights or have the determination to not let people fukk with them get turned away by some bullshyt

Crazy how I was thinking the same thing too..

S/O to you, we gotta stand tall and fight this shyt, nice to see a Chi brogod here too.

 

[ORDER_66]

I knew this was in the works for years....

 

[Mowgli]

I knew this was in the works for years....

Funny how everyone knew for years right as the news breaks

 

[ORDER_66]

Funny how everyone knew for years right as the news breaks

No, I actually knew ever since they gutted the voting rights act and suppressing of votes and these bogus voter ID laws and funneling voters into other districts how could you NOT see it...