Voter Suppression

Americans want to vote, but restrictive voting laws don’t make it easy. That’s why we’re supporting voting rights champions across the country. https://t.co/QONp0Yc8Wn

— Let America Vote (@letamericavote) October 9, 2018

Damage done to the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court

This is one thing that should be corrected by Congress. It won’t happen unless Democrats win.

"Unless Republicans have a change of heart — or unless they lose control of Congress — it will be impossible to undo the damage caused by the Supreme Court." That's why our #LAVfield team is on the ground in 5 states to elect voting-rights champions. https://t.co/YuoPRohrFw

— Let America Vote (@letamericavote) October 6, 2018

Voter suppression

In 2017, 99 bills to limit voting have been introduced in 31 states. America calls itself a democracy, but elected officials are actively working to make democratic participation harder.

Listen to @ProfCAnderson on the myth of American democracy: https://t.co/xCCWcsZ6xh

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) September 24, 2018

40% don’t think elections are fair

40% of Americans think elections aren't fair. Well they're not. Republican legislatures/secretaries of state keep making it harder to vote. They see the handwriting on the wall, if you let people vote power will shift. Let's keep voting, we will win!https://t.co/S17Kp7f8hZ

— Judith Browne Dianis (@jbrownedianis) September 17, 2018

The Trump Justice Department is not challenging laws that perpetuate voter discrimination

New state laws make voting more difficult for minorities, and the Justice Department has done less to challenge those discriminatory laws since the Supreme Court struck down a core element of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a new federal report finds https://t.co/DmF7VbSR2N pic.twitter.com/5FqAJ0dZaR

— CNN (@CNN) September 12, 2018

from the article:

“The commission said in the report that at least 23 states have enacted “newly restrictive statewide voter laws” since the Shelby County v. Holder decision, with moves like closing polling places, cutting early voting, purging voter rolls and imposing voter ID laws.
It found that 61 lawsuits have been filed challenging states’ voting laws under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act — which bans discriminatory election laws — but only four of those were filed by the Justice Department, and none since President Donald Trump took office. “

Republicans lie about voter fraud

George W. Bush, who lost the popular vote, carried Florida by 537 votes, won the Electoral College and became the 43rd president with a key assist by the Supreme Court. https://t.co/hVEAIhuQz2 pic.twitter.com/EHRSrLqBIM

— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) September 8, 2018

Efforts to shut down polling places in Georgia fail

The elections board in majority-black Randolph County, Ga., has rejected a controversial plan to reduce the number of polling places, which many residents feared was an effort to suppress the minority vote https://t.co/QzPx9Onicg

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) August 25, 2018

WATCH: A predominantly black county in Georgia voted down a controversial plan to close seven of its nine polling places before the midterm elections. https://t.co/bF6F2YgtUR pic.twitter.com/5YEF5VsZzD

— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 25, 2018

A South Georgia county scrapped plan to shutter polling places, but civil rights advocates say the proposal highlights a widespread problem: https://t.co/2JPcPYO0XT

— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) August 25, 2018

Let's not celebrate the victory in Georgia too quick. Black officials in #RandolphCounty stopped the mass closing of polling stations, but Kemp told his henchmen to "consolidate" (ie shut down) polling stations statewide in time for his race against Abrams https://t.co/fmlNJ2N6F6

— Greg Palast (@Greg_Palast) August 24, 2018

The plan to close voting sites in Randolph County generated huge outcry. But Georgia officials have closed *214* voting locations across 53 counties since 2012. Predominantly impoverished, African-American, & rural counties.https://t.co/jdrf3sgHuN pic.twitter.com/gpcHRh7pQp

— Taniel (@Taniel) September 1, 2018

Georgia Republicans shut down 75% of black voting sites

It’s the local GOP’s fault. The Republican candidate for governor, Brian Kemp, has opposed it even though it will help him.

Brian Kemp’s bid for governor depends on erasing the black vote in Georgia. It’s working: https://t.co/sEjqpAEUWs pic.twitter.com/kLzJQSsmEc

— Slate (@Slate) August 17, 2018

Terrified of the Blue Wave, Georgia Republicans Shut down 75% of Black Voting Sites https://t.co/qIGSDu7A6h

— Thomas Edsall (@Edsall) August 16, 2018

Georgia wants to close 75% of polling places in a mostly-black area. This is just old timey Jim Crow type stuff. https://t.co/sWDTvyYAv1

— Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) August 16, 2018

The Trumper Republicans subject democracy to death by a thousand cuts. If you can’t win, stop people from voting. If respected national security leaders dissent, punish them. If the press reports the truth, call it lies. This isn’t conservative; it’s radical and authoritarian. https://t.co/MkgwBB3dwS

— Robert Shrum (@BobShrum) August 18, 2018

Election officials have proposed closing 7 out of 9 polling locations in Randolph County, Georgia where 60% of residents are African American. https://t.co/W1dZB60iPu

— Let America Vote (@letamericavote) August 18, 2018

It would be interesting to check out polling places in white Republican counties to see if there any that are not ADA compliant. I bet they aren’t shuttering those! https://t.co/AUdNJkijYV

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) August 20, 2018

It appears it is not Kemp’s fault

If you're talking about the closing of polling locations "because they violate the ADA," look to the local election board, not Kemp. Both Kemp and Abrams have denounced the decision

— Clayton County GOP (@CCGARP) August 18, 2018

This article has a quote from Kemp opposing the closings:

Stacey Abrams is 1st ever black woman running for Governor in GA. Brian Kemp, her opponent, is Secretary of State in GA, so he oversees elections

Unsurprisingly GA is closing 75% of the polling stations in a majority black county

This is Jim Crow in 2018https://t.co/ojVeFHY3S1

— Marc Whitmire (@whitmire2018) August 18, 2018

Voting Rights Act

53 years ago today, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Johnson. I shed a little blood on that bridge in Selma and friends of mine gave their lives so that no person would be denied their right to vote. Now do your part—get registered, and vote. #goodtrouble pic.twitter.com/wgKUs37JAG

— John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) August 6, 2018

53 years after the passage of the #VotingRightsAct, our rights are under attack. In 2013, #SCOTUS decided 5-4 to strip critical protections of Section 5 of the VRA. With the Kavanuagh nomination, even more Americans could be at risk of being disenfranchised. #WhatsAtStake

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 6, 2018

#OTD: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act prohibiting voting discrimination against minorities. The 1965 Voting Rights Act was designed to enforce the right to vote of all US citizens promised by the 14th and 15th Amendments. #CivilRights pic.twitter.com/I1TT6g6DXS

— Legal Defense Fund (@NAACP_LDF) August 6, 2018

The Voting Rights Act makes our democracy stronger, giving every American, from all walks of life, the right to vote. But the work is far from finished. Join me and @WhenWeAllVote for a Week of Action to get folks registered and ready to spread the word. https://t.co/C4obhrVHLp https://t.co/aAb1dS80Yv

— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) August 6, 2018

53 years after the passage of the #VotingRightsAct, our rights are under attack. In 2013, #SCOTUS decided 5-4 to strip critical protections of Section 5 of the VRA. With the Kavanuagh nomination, even more Americans could be at risk of being disenfranchised. #WhatsAtStake

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 6, 2018

Today’s anniversary of the Voting Rights Act is a reminder that we still have so much more to do to protect voting rights for all Americans.

Please honor the legacy of this landmark bill by exercising your democratic right—register & commit to vote! https://t.co/2iF7y7QLdZ

— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) August 6, 2018

Because the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, 17 states with 189 electoral votes had new voting restrictions in 2016. h/t @BrennanCenter pic.twitter.com/tzl0QFNbWA

— Democracy Awakening (@DemAwakening) August 6, 2018

The Voting Rights Act was signed into law on August 6, 1965.

53 years later, we're still fighting for fair and equal access to the ballot. #VRA53 pic.twitter.com/NriZ7NmgHu

— ACLU (@ACLU) August 6, 2018

Because the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, in 2016, there were 868 fewer places to vote in states that previously had to approve voting changes with the federal government: https://t.co/CPdBWqdLa4 #RestoreTheVRA #VRA53 pic.twitter.com/nevBWSh0Oc

— Courtney Fuller (@courtneygfuller) August 6, 2018

US President Lyndon B Johnson, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Martin Luther King Jr, and Rosa Parks at the signing of the Voting Rights Act on 6 August 1965.#OTD pic.twitter.com/tc8CnzEmd3

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) August 6, 2018

Martin Luther King’s invitation to LBJ signing of Voting Rights Act at US Capitol today 1965: pic.twitter.com/t6ivtfrhxU

— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) August 6, 2018

The Trump administration has the Voting Rights Act on life support | By Kristen Clarke and Ezra Rosenberg via @CNNOpinion https://t.co/fQcheMpgx4 pic.twitter.com/XqhlYKoGJw

— CNN (@CNN) August 6, 2018

Voter purges are increasing

Republicans are responsible for this.

"Nine states with a history of racial discrimination are aggressively removing voters from the rolls, the Brennan Center for Justice says." via @NBCNews. https://t.co/8JaeCFHyw9

— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) July 29, 2018

Republicans understand the power of our votes so they constantly try to disenfranchise voters of color. We know that our democracy is stronger when every eligible American has the opportunity to make their voice heard. https://t.co/gxowuXNWZJ

— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) July 28, 2018

Voter rolls are being PURGED!

Millions of voters — a majority of them black — have been purged

We… please..beg you… please check your voter registration status now, KEEP checking it, and ask all of your followers to do the same!

Use the link belowhttps://t.co/nKfBFQSLm2

— Indivisible Network (@IndivisibleNet) July 26, 2018

Voter purges are on the rise across the country. A new Brennan Center report finds that states removed almost 16 million voters from the rolls between 2014 and 2016 — an increase of 33% from a decade ago. https://t.co/97Qq4NDggj pic.twitter.com/qEEasaXa4m

— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) July 24, 2018

States purged 16 million voters from the rolls before the 2016 election https://t.co/q90wN4Aj54 pic.twitter.com/5Pdkk8JQO4

— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) July 21, 2018

By the numbers: Voters purges are rising in states with a history of racial discrimination: https://t.co/y4OUKCmS2a pic.twitter.com/XYxjn9lt24

— Axios (@axios) July 21, 2018