Voting Rights Inst.

The Voting Rights Institute (VRI) is a joint project of @CampaignLegal @ACSlaw and @GeorgetownLaw dedicated to expanding voting rights across the country.

[Voting Rights Inst. @The_VRI]

You may not know you've been purged until Election Day, and many states do not have same day registration. Re-registering may also require you to provide ID verification, which in some states involves producing more than just an ID card. https://t.co/4DOGO8CAVf

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Elections are coming. Are you ready? https://t.co/NaurK9evvs

[Voting Rights Inst. @The_VRI]

KNOW YOUR VOTING RIGHTS🇺🇸

The most important entities to #votingrights: The state legislature, which writes voting laws; the Secretary of State or equivalent, who interprets and implements the laws; and local election officials, who administer elections https://t.co/bAO1v4vqqJ

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Historians, unite!

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During oral arguments last fall on the partisan #gerrymandering cases, Justice Gorsuch asked why citizens simply couldn't enact redistricting reforms on their own. This new case in federal court answers his question. #FairMaps

[Campaign Legal Center @CampaignLegal]

Over 61% of Michiganders voted to take redistricting out of the hands of those with the most partisan interests to gain, to keep the process as neutral as possible. The party that gerrymandered the current maps is trying to have it struck down. #FairMaps
https://t.co/KruSaFOIjP

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You can send your own message to your representatives expressing your views on #gerrymandering in the new Gerry font: https://t.co/6wdMywIgH4

[Voting Rights Inst. @The_VRI]

#UglyGerry #FairMaps https://t.co/ad9gXmJDyy

[Kristen Clarke @KristenClarkeJD]

BREAKING: We secured a major #votingrights victory for Black voters in Mississippi.

The 5th Circuit agrees with us—> It’s time to put in place a fair map for the MS State Legislature that will provide Black voters an equal opportunity to participate in the process. @LawyersComm

[Ari Berman @AriBerman]

17 million people purged from voting rolls from 2016-2018 according to new report from @BrennanCenter

Purge rate 40% higher in places that had to approve election changes under Voting Rights Act before John Roberts gutted law. This is very disturbing

https://t.co/t7BKepQDYE

[NYT Obituaries @NYTObits]

You've heard of Rosa Parks, but do you know about Georgia Gilmore? She was a bold cook who helped fund and feed the Montgomery bus boycott. Here's her story: https://t.co/23kqtKPKN9

[Voting Rights Inst. @The_VRI]

#ImOldEnoughToRememberWhen: Federal courts actually adjudicated constitutional violations. #FairMaps

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Despite numerous, credible claims of #votersuppression in 2018, the Civil Rights Division has overseen only 6 VRA cases since Trump took office in 2017

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In addition to more discussion about #VotingRights and democracy reform, we would like to hear debate questions about how candidates plan to make the Civil Rights Division great again.

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Would also love to see state executive officials who deliberately violate citizens' #VotingRights prosecuted for color of law violations! But we'll settle for more VRA enforcement

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Test your skills at identifying fake accounts and fake news ahead of the #2020Elections!

[Vox @voxdotcom]

Qualifications for the third #DemDebate will be much tougher.

As of the end of July, only seven candidates have announced that they meet all the requirements:

• Biden
• Booker
• Buttigieg
• Harris
• O’Rourke
• Sanders
• Warren

https://t.co/mIYP1zB69o

[Voting Rights Inst. @The_VRI]

Appellate court removes block on ND voter ID law that discriminates against Native Americans:

https://t.co/psTmF4iItn

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Just like he would have told you if he were trying to suppress the vote in Kansas, but he wasn't! (He was.)

[Sam Levine @srl]

Kris Kobach on accusations that he's an extremist: "If I were one, I would tell you, but I'm not." https://t.co/7cfH8OpKY6