Racist voter suppression is rampant - and corporate silence is complicity

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https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/01/american-corporations-voter-suppression-super-bowl


As millions of Super Bowl dollars flow into Atlanta, we say to Delta, Coca-Cola and others: stand up and protect our civil rights

Reverend William Barber and Rashad Robinson

As top Democrats start to throw their hats into the ring for the 2020, we will see policy proposals such as Medicare for All, criminal justice reform, immigration reform and more circulating as part of their platforms.

But every bold policy is meaningless until we eradicate rampant voter suppression in this country. Millions of Americans don’t have a voice on the issues that affect them – mostly because of the deliberate, concerted attempts to stop them from voting.

The blatant racist voter suppression in Georgia, Florida and elsewhere last year revealed the widening cracks in our democracy and the Republican party is becoming only more emboldened in attacking the right to vote.

In Georgia, former secretary of state Brian Kemp has purged over 1.4 million voters from the rolls since 2012. Throughout his campaign for governor, we saw reports of absentee ballots being stolen and faulty machines at voting sites throughout many communities of color.

In Fulton county, a predominantly black area, officials failed to plug in the polling machines, leaving them to operate solely on battery power. The polling place opened with only three working machines.

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1. Thank you again

Reverend William Barber!

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2. K&R,