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discocrisco01

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Sat Oct 9, 2021, 09:49 AM Oct 2021

A New Confederacy: Trump and the Republicans have already seceded [View all]

You know which ones they are: Nineteen states have enacted 33 laws that make it harder for people to vote, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. Fifteen states made it harder to apply for a mail-in ballot. Four states limited mail-in ballot drop boxes. Four states imposed stricter mail-in ballot signature requirements. Eight states imposed harder voter ID requirements. Seven states made it easier to purge voters from the rolls. Three states reduced the number of polling places and voting hours. Three more states reduced the number of days or hours of early voting. Five states made it harder to vote for people with disabilities and two states made it a crime to hand out water or snacks to voters waiting in long lines to vote.


More at https://www.rawstory.com/a-new-confederacy-trump-and-the-republicans-have-already-seceded/

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