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mekka okereke :verified:

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I'll give just 2 examples.

1) Black voters in Milwaukee were targeted with racist voter ID laws.
motherjones.com/politics/2017/

This caused a 20 point electoral swing to Trump.

2) 17 million voters purged from rolls between 2016 and 2018. Disproportionately Black, in places where Black voters have been intentionally disenfranchised.

brennancenter.org/our-work/res

The purging was 4 million voters more effective than during Obama's election. 4 *million*. Not a typo

Jul 13, 2023, 08:52 AM·Quiet public
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