CARTOON: Jim Crow Is Back!

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keep these threads kicked:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023455743

Disenfranchised 92yo black woman sues just hours after NC gov. signs voter ID law

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023455189

N.C. sued soon after voter ID bill signed into law

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023458394

Texas Defends Voting Laws: We Don't Want Democrats To Vote

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1. "All In With Chris Hayes" right now

Discussing North Carolina and the return to Jim Crow.

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2. been back for a long time--read the New Jim Crow--Michelle Alexander?

perhaps never left

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3. after the Supreme Court's decision on the Voting Rights Act ...

... it's now Jim Crow on STEROIDS!

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4. "The Texas GOP proudly defends its right to white political power."

How the Texas GOP Is Moving Swiftly to Protect the Political Power of White Conservatives

By Steven Rosenfeld
August 9, 2013

After the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, Republican majorities and politicians in many Southern states quickly went to work to revive segregationist Jim Crow voting laws.

North Carolina’s legislature passed an astounding package of bills destroying 20 years of inclusive reforms. Alabama and Mississippi began enforcing new tougher ID laws. Florida’s Tea Party Gov. Rick Scott resurrected a 2012 witch-hunt for hundreds of thousands of non-citizens—code for non-whites—on voter rolls.

And then there’s Texas, where Republican Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Gregg Abbott, is leading the most brazenly racist effort of all.

Texas and the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division have been fighting over the state redrawing election district lines to intentionally dilute the possibility of non-white voting blocks electing candidates in state and federal races. Before the Supreme Court gutted the VRA in June, Abbott would not acknowledge the race-based political implications of his state’s GOP-led redistricting.

read more: http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/how-texas-gop-moving-swiftly-protect-political-power-white-conservatives

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5. Your Guide to North Carolina Republicans' War on Voting

Your Guide to North Carolina Republicans' War on Voting... Er I Mean "Preventing Voter Fraud!!

Aug 13, 2013
Stephen Wolf

North Carolina Republicans, eager to exercise their vice grip over the levers of power in the state for the first time since Reconstruction, recently passed a radical voting 'reform' law that Governor Pat McCrory just signed that among other things implemented a Voter ID provision. While you've likely heard of this aspect of the law, it also does some other dastardly things and make no mistake: all of them are designed to unfairly disadvantage the Democrats.

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The changes to early voting will depress turnout, especially among the young, poor, and minorities. Disallowing Sunday voting in particular is targeted towards the "Souls to the Polls" movement that Black churches would do after Sunday services. Banning pre-registration obviously is intended to lower turnout among heavily Democratic young people.

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The changes to early voting will depress turnout, especially among the young, poor, and minorities. Disallowing Sunday voting in particular is targeted towards the "Souls to the Polls" movement that Black churches would do after Sunday services. Banning pre-registration obviously is intended to lower turnout among heavily Democratic young people.

read more:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/13/1230927/-Your-Guide-to-North-Carolina-Republicans-War-on-Voting-Er-I-Mean-Preventing-Voter-Fraud-11

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6. James Crow, Esq. nt

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7. kick

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8. Rachel Maddow: War on student voting next step for NC Republicans

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9. On this 50th anniversary ...

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