After all that has transpired in Ferguson, will residents vote?

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66. Evidence?

The GOPs effort to take away the black vote has been ongoing for years. Greg Palasts' books are a good place to start. Voter ID laws, shutting down voter registration groups such as ACORN, Voter ID laws, cutting early voting, improperly purging of voters but even if they are felons the other problems Ferguson has when it comes to policing lead to felonies & the loss of the right to vote depending on what Missouri law is. Voter suppression by the GOP isn't new.

Missouri GOP official: Ferguson voter registration efforts 'disgusting'

JEFFERSON CITY • Missouri Republican Party Executive Director Matt Wills denounced voter registration efforts amid continued protests in Ferguson, calling it "disgusting."

"If that’s not fanning the political flames, I don’t know what is," Wills told Breitbart News, a conservative website, Monday.

He also called the actions "completely inappropriate."

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-gop-official-ferguson-voter-registration-efforts-disgusting/article_ae80a586-cfa3-5a67-a6dc-c48dd4681f8a.html

The fact that they're grossly underrepresented in the city is no coincidence

ACLU Sues Ferguson-Florissant School District, Charging Electoral System Undermines African-American Vote

The ACLU today filed a federal lawsuit against Missouri's Ferguson-Florissant School District, charging the district's electoral system is locking African-Americans out of the political process.

The case, brought on behalf of the Missouri NAACP and African-American residents, is challenging the district's at-large system used to elect school board members. The at-large system violates the federal Voting Rights Act by diluting African-American voting strength, the complaint charges.

African-Americans constitute a minority of the district's voting age population, and under the at-large system they are systematically unable to elect candidates of their choice. The suit seeks to allow voters to cast a ballot for an individual school board member who resides in their district and better represents the community.

The Ferguson-Florissant School District has a history fraught with discrimination against African-American citizens. The district, which spans several municipalities, was created by a 1975 desegregation order intended to remedy the effects of discrimination against African-American students. Yet, 40 years later, there is just one African-American member on the seven-member board in a district where African-Americans constitute 77 percent of the student body.

https://www.aclu.org/racial-justice-voting-rights/missouri-naacp-v-ferguson-florissant-school-district