California shouldn't "need" a lawsuit that's related to disability & elections. I mean it seems like a very easy call. But you never know with centrist Democrats sometimes.
Join the Workers Circle and the Center for Common Ground for this month’s training on how to be an effective citizen advocate. No experience is necessary!
Led by Andrea Miller co-founder of the Center for Common Ground, and Workers Circle Director of Social Justice, Noelle Damico, this once-a-month, hour-long training is divided into two parts.
During the first 30 minutes of "How to be an Effective Citizen Advocate," we review pending legislation.
The second 30 minutes are a legislative visit training so that you can learn or brush up on how to impactfully engage your senators, representatives, and their staff.
Come for all or part of the program! All registrants will receive a video of the training, slides, an advocacy toolkit, and additional background information.
Since Pennsylvania introduced no-excuse mail voting in 2020, thousands of ballots have been rejected over missing dates, signatures, or other mistakes. Fucking Pennsylvania Republicans!
It isn't about learning, it's about being willing to knock your head against the wall, knowing there is a very small chance of getting the wall to cooperate, until you figure out a way to knock down the wall.
Democrats have removed part of the wall - they have the governor's mansion and a 1-seat majority in the PA House, working on taking the PA Senate (3 I think needed for a tie + Lt. Governor to break the tie).
The #SupremeCourt on Thurs allowed the use of a #SC congressional map that a lower court said “exiled” thousands of #BlackVoters to carve out a district safer for a #WhiteRepublican incumbent.
The decision was a victory for #Republicans not only because it clears the way for a map that is favorable to the #GOP. It also sets a high bar for determining when a map can be considered a #RacialGerrymander, rather than a #partisan one. #SCOTUS has previously found the #Constitution bars racial #gerrymandering but that federal courts cannot police partisan gerrymandering.
It’s one of the most important resolutions on the docket. Without our voting rights fascism is all but a sure thing. Voter suppression is rooted in racism.
A #constitutionalamendment may seem impossible in this era of hyperpartisanship but ultimately it will benefit everyone. If it isn’t possible to enact it nationally, we should begin the process at the state level.
Does your state constitution guarantee voting rights?
Rs say they'll mobilize >100K ppl in battleground states. When Black or Hispanic voters show up to vote -Task Force officers are there to stop them before they enter the polling place, asking to see their voter reg. card & ID *with implied violence of police power.
RW extremist groups: QAnon, Proud Boys, Boogaloos & so-called militia grps, have all called for a physical presence at polling places-.
#Republicans appear committed to politically dying on a number of hills that time has passed by. Their commitment to gutting voting rolls and restricting #votingRights, their obsession with women’s reproductive abilities, and their hatred of #regulations and #democracy in the workplace are increasingly seen by average American voters as out-of-touch and out-of-date.
This is not a Red Nation. This is a nation that was built on progressive social ideals. The idea of a community that takes care of itself. That was what Tocqueville wrote about America. We take care of ourselves. We are the great progressive nation — let's not forget it. And when people get the chance to vote, they vote right.
Suppressing the vote has been the goal of GOP leaders for decades. Their efforts are working:
Polling locations are supposed to be accessible to all voters -but ~1 in 5 polling locations is a church, -religious entities are exempt from the Disabilities Act. The prevalence of inaccessible polling places -alarming for disabled & aging ppl in states that have moved to quash mail-in voting—incl. OK & AK -churches make up >50% of voting locations.
All registered voters get a voters' pamphlet and ballot in the mail automatically, then have 2-3 (?) weeks to complete ballot and return it, either by mail or in a drop box.
Recently there've been a series of lawsuits aimed at undoing protections for election workers.
NV enacted a new Election Worker Protection Law to combat the⬆️ threats faced by election workers. Shortly after it was enacted: a failed R AG cand. filed a lawsuit to block the law.
AZ: RW orgs, incl. America First Policy Inst., are suing to block the anti-harassment provisions of AZ's Election Procedures Manual from going into effect.