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Re: Voter suppression
By: 90sRetroFan Date: September 21, 2020, 11:01 pm
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPvBcypRrVA
I disagree with Cousins about how to respond, of course. I would
say that this is what the Second Amendment was intended for.
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Re: Voter suppression
By: 90sRetroFan Date: September 27, 2020, 1:16 pm
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HTML https://us.yahoo.com/gma/mississippi-vote-jim-crow-era-140100854.html
[quote]Mississippi is the only state with a multistep process
for electing statewide positions like governor, attorney general
and secretary of state. Its electoral college-like voting system
was designed by white framers in Southern Reconstruction with
the intent to disenfranchise minority voters and uphold white
power in politics.
...
Dortch cited an analysis filed in U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of Mississippi last year found that a
Democratic candidate -- or Black-preferred candidate -- "would
need more than 55% of the statewide vote in order to secure a
majority of electoral [House] votes. Candidates preferred by
whites, by contrast, would be able to win the electoral vote
without winning a majority of the popular vote."
"There are so many barriers to getting elected statewide as a
minority candidate, and this is the final one. Even if you
somehow cross all of the other challenges and come in around at
55% of the vote, you could be thrown out by the House of
Representatives voting on a party-line basis," Dortch added.
"All of it together can discourage, especially Black officials,
from looking to run statewide."
...
Mississippi structured its statewide elections in this way to
disenfranchise Black voters -- and framers did not disguise
those intentions.
After the Civil War, Black men began gaining political power in
Mississippi in the era of Reconstruction. During that time,
Mississippi's legislature appointed the nation's first and
second Black senators, along with a handful of Black officials
to state offices, one reaching as high as lieutenant governor.
Some white Mississippians saw this as a threat and devised a
plan to dilute Black voting power and maintain their control of
state politics. In 1890, they redrafted the state constitution,
deploying an arsenal of Jim Crow-style measures -- from literacy
tests to poll taxes -- that ultimately erased recently gained
Black political power.
According to the journal of the proceedings of the
constitutional convention, framers explicitly stated the purpose
of the convention was "to secure to the State of Mississippi
'white supremacy.'"
"At that same time, the state's House districts were also
created," Wade said. "It's a puzzle to people from the outside.
But if you're within the state, you will see how those pieces
fit neatly together."
The results were immediate.
Before the 1890 constitution, 50% of qualified Black
Mississippians were registered to vote. By 1899, that number
plunged to 5%.[/quote]
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Re: Voter suppression
By: guest5 Date: September 27, 2020, 7:56 pm
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Voter Suppression RAMPANT Across America
[quote]Voter suppression is spreading like wildfire across the
US.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzDAvFLRo1c
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Re: Voter suppression
By: 90sRetroFan Date: September 30, 2020, 4:44 am
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SccMZrWVqI
They know it as well as we do:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/demographic-blueshift/
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Re: Voter suppression
By: 90sRetroFan Date: October 2, 2020, 12:25 am
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nygzf7PaSwI
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp8g1pPA4js
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv3kOurotls
What else are firearms for?
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Re: Voter suppression
By: 90sRetroFan Date: October 2, 2020, 11:37 pm
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HTML https://www.thedailybeast.com/michigan-ag-files-felony-charges-again-jack-burkman-jacob-wohl-for-alleged-voter-suppression-scheme
[quote]Conservative operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman were
charged on Thursday for allegedly orchestrating a series of
robocalls aimed at suppressing the vote in the November
presidential election, Michigan authorities said.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a slew of charges
against Burkman, 54, and Wohl, 22, including conspiracy to
commit an election law violation and using a computer to commit
the crime of election law - intimidating voters. Prosecutors
allege the two political operatives were using a robocall system
aimed at scaring Detroit voters away from using mail-in voting
ballots. The calls, which were made in August, went out to
nearly 12,000 Detroit residents.
Both Wohl and Burkman face four felony counts and a maximum
sentence of 7 years in prison.
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The Michigan charges aren’t the only legal charges facing the
pair. Wohl has been charged with two felonies over alleged
violations of California securities law. On Saturday, The Daily
Beast reported on a secret FBI investigation into Wohl and
Burkman over the leak of confidential juror questionnaires and
grand jury testimony in the trial of Trump associate Roger
Stone.
Wohl and Burkman became notorious online in 2018, after a failed
attempt to manufacture a sexual assault allegation against
Robert Mueller collapsed in spectacular fashion. Since then,
they have tried to create hoaxes against other Trump opponents,
but the schemes always fail almost immediately, often due to
Wohl and Burkman’s own errors.[/quote]
Wohl is already a familiar name on our Backlash Herders list, of
course.
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Wohl#Family_and_personal_life
[quote]Wohl is Jewish,[102] and describes himself as a Zionist.
He has co-hosted a podcast for Jewish Trump supporters with
Laura Loomer.[103] His father, David Wohl, is an attorney and
conservative commentator who has been a guest on Fox News
programs and who has also promoted conspiracy theories.[4][20]
[/quote]
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Re: Voter suppression
By: guest5 Date: October 4, 2020, 3:38 pm
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How Trump Suppressed Black Voters In 2016
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaUYDgBugao
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Re: Voter suppression
By: 90sRetroFan Date: October 5, 2020, 2:53 am
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Re: Voter suppression
By: guest5 Date: October 5, 2020, 11:59 pm
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HTML https://www.azquotes.com/picture-quotes/quote-the-one-pervading-evil-of-democracy-is-the-tyranny-of-the-majority-or-rather-of-that-lord-acton-0-15-01.jpg
Too bad Acton was right-winger and a "Lord" because this is a
great quote about democracy in general and western democracy in
particular. I just wanted to post it for all those that believe
"democracy is broken". No, democracy is working as intended.
Try and think of it this way: If we scoured the country with all
this "amazing technology" we have and found a person who clearly
would make one of the best leaders America has ever had, why is
it in your mind that leader is the best we could find, yet you
wouldn't trust that leader to pick their own successor? That
does not make logical sense, does it?
What does the average person actually know about leadership to
begin with?
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Re: Voter suppression
By: 90sRetroFan Date: October 7, 2020, 11:07 pm
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0PNFLctGbM
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