How many of these are because Democrats left that shit hole state?
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With the passage of Amendment 4 - Voting Rights Restoration from 2018, there's been a continuous back-and-forth between the state and former convicts, as they attempt to use their newly constitutional right to register.
So it could be them trying to purge the rolls of anyone they've flagged as a felon voter that the state refuses to acknowledge as re-enfranchised. There's also been a number of efforts to reform election law and tighten who can vote. So they maybe purging old mail-in ballot voters under the S.B. 90 bill.
Funny how it works out that way…
Hardly the first time Florida has purged its rolls of liberal voters.
But after three Democratic presidents worth of shenanigans, nobody at the DOJ Civil Rights Division seems to have given any shits.
You'd think Biden might care, even if Clinton and Obama slept through this shit.
Angry people vote. They'd rather sell the idea that Floridians are being disenfranchised by the GOP than stop them. Going to court will cost money, but fundraising from angry voters raises money.
Going to court will cost money, but fundraising from angry voters raises money.
Fundraising when you don't have the votes mostly just sends money to scam-artist political consultants.
Friendly reminder to everyone to check your registration status, like right this instant. Because some of these states have REALLY bad registration laws to try and keep you from voting.
Good to be vigilante, but don't take this as an excuse for the blatant defrauding of the US electoral system that this is.
In most red states, it is literally impossible for the GOP to win a state-wide election without massive voter suppression efforts. No shocker here. Nobody hates democracy more than Republicans.
Edit: Just like Florida, Texas is easily blue if elections there were fair, and voting wasn't intentionally made difficult for minorities and blue counties.
Texas is easily blue if elections there were fair, and voting wasn’t intentionally made difficult
There are maybe five or six House seats that could flip without some very naked voter suppression. But the state as a whole owes its allegiance to the Oil & Gas industry. And the O&G Industry (particularly in the Deep South) is wedded to the GOP.
I think the state could swing out blue from under a guy like Ted Cruz if the elections were fair. But in the end you'd still be stuck with a Bush legacy candidate or a goon working for the old money - like John Cornyn or Kay Bailey Hutchinson or Tom DeLay - on the way up. There are just way too many people who believe their entire livelihoods are stacked on the price of a barrel of crude to quit the GOP.
Nevermind all the racism.
Gotta love the ratfucking. Can't win fairly. I suggest everyone check their voter registration regardless where you live.
Check it here: https://vote.gov/
Its a powerful and effective strategy, so the Florida GOP will keep doing it until someone stops them.
Three Presidents after the Brooks Brothers Riot and nobody at the top seems interested in trying.