Tag Archives: Voting Rights Act

The North Carolina Coup: This is what happens when voter suppression stops working

By Mark | December 16, 2016

I don’t know how well it’s being covered by the television news, but, at this very moment, there’s a coup underway in North Carolina, as the Republican legislature, which was ostensibly called back to the capitol for a special legislative session to deal with the aftermath of hurricane Matthew, started passing bill after bill intended […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged asshole Republicans, coup, demographics, Donald Trump, gerrymandering, Moral Monday, North Carolina, racism, reconstruction, redistricting, Republican strategy, Roy Cooper, standing up to the Republicans, Supreme Court, tea party, the south, threats to Democracy, voter suppression, William Barber | 15 Comments

Voter suppression law passes Michigan House, fight moves to Senate

By Mark | December 8, 2016

Remember how I was telling you last week that you really needed to call your State Reps because Republicans were trying to push aggressive, new voter suppression laws through the Michigan House? Well, last night, at 10:00 PM, the Michigan House of Representatives voted 57-50 to approve the bills [HB 6066, HB 6067, HB 6068]. […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Donald Trump, gerrymandering, HB 6066, HB 6067, HB 6068, Jeff Irwin, Jennifer Schlicht, lame duck, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Senate, poll tax, Rick Snyder, rigged elections, voter fraud, voter impersonation, voter suppression | 9 Comments

Demand the Voter Bill of Rights over voter suppression

By Mark | December 6, 2016

According to State Rep Jeff Irwin, whom I just traded emails with, it looks as though the controversial Voter ID law being pushed through the Michigan House this lame duck session by Republican lawmakers, will be coming up for a vote tomorrow – Wednesday, December 7 – Pearl Harbor Day. Given that the House is […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics | Also tagged Constitution, early voting, election fraud, HB 6066, HB 6067, HB 6068, integrity, lame duck, poll tax, Voter Bill of Rights, voter ID, voter impersona, voter suppression, voting rights | 33 Comments

The post-Trump assault on voting rights has already begun in Michigan… Here’s what you can do to fight back

By Mark | November 30, 2016

A few days ago, after Trump made the unsubstantiated claim that “millions” of people had voted illegally for his opponent during the recent presidential election, we discussed the possibility that this heightened rhetoric of his concerning voter fraud, which was particularly odd given the fact that he’d won the election, might have been a preemptive […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged Aric Nesbitt, Bradford Jacobsen, call to action, discrimination, Donald Trump, early voting, Eric Leutheuser, gerrymandering, Gretchen Driskell, HB 6066, HB 6067, HB 6068, House Elections Committee, Jeff Irwin, Jeff Sessions, Jon Hoadley, Klint Kesto, lame duck, Lisa Posthumus Lyons, Michigan House of Representatives, North Carolina, poll tax, redistricting, threats to Democracy, voter ID, Voter ID Act, voter impersonation, voter suppression | 35 Comments

Trump calls into question the legitimacy of the election, claiming that millions of illegal votes were cast

By Mark | November 28, 2016

Yesterday, Donald Trump, our President-elect, took to Twitter and said the following. “In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide,” he said, “I won the popular vote, if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.” This, as everyone knows, is absolute bullshit. Hillary Clinton’s lead in the popular vote has now surpassed […]