elections

Federal judge lets North Dakota Republicans block Native Americans from voting.

Aside GDaniels Civil Rights, elections, Voting Rights

Here’s an example of modern day voter suppression.

Republicans’ voter ID law is designed to disenfranchise Native Americans. It’s working.
— Read on slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/federal-judge-lets-north-dakota-republicans-block-native-americans-from-voting.html

100 years later, voting and women’s rights still need protection | Research Shows

Aside GDaniels Civil Rights, Democracy, elections

Synergy exists between women’s rights and the right to vote.  The women’s suffrage movement ignored women and men of color.  2020 offers an opportunity to work together to ensure that the right to vote is afforded to all people. #2020 #freedom #vote This article, by Ann Luther and Sheila Kirby of the League of Women Voters of Maine, was originally published on the Bangor Daily News opinion page on December 31, 2019. By Ann Luther and Sheila Ki…

Source: 100 years later, voting and women’s rights still need protection | Research Shows

Federal Judge Blocks NC’s Voter ID Law, Citing State’s ‘Sordid History’ of Racist Voter Suppression | Common Dreams News

Aside GDaniels Civil Rights, Democracy, elections

A federal judge in North Carolina blocked it’s voter ID law finding, among other things, troubling racial disparities. “The evidence suggests that minority voters are not just less likely to have an acceptable form of ID, but that the legislature excluded photographic ID that could have greatly reduced that discrepancy,” the judge wrote.