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Should anyone ever lose their right to vote?Spending today @ conf on re-enfranchisement, discussing the Jim Crow roots of why most people lose the rt 2 vote when they go to prison. So today take…
Voter suppression todayIt's cheating a little in terms of #suffrage content, but this afternoon I gave a talk on what voter suppression looks like now, and I'm sharing it…
Voting rights todayIHO the beginning of our centennial year, a quick spotlight on PRO-voting, anti-suppression tools. While some states are making it harder to vote,…
There is no right to vote.@Stephen_A_West says we can celebrate the 15th Amdt sesquicentennial for two months, because that’s how long it took to shuffle the states into line…
Literacy testsGreat thread from @clancynewyork on the persistence of New York's literacy test for voting. It was introduced in 1923, as a wave of anti-immigrant…
Voting is everythingVoting is everything...and it's so insufficient. It took lifetimes to win, and needs our work to keep. In the words of the future Governor of Georgia,…
Working the pollsDr @marthasjones_ says we shouldn't talk about suffrage, we should talk about voting rights. There's no before and after, just an ongoing struggle. In…
The 17th AmendmentUnsurprisingly, DailySuffragist readers know their amendments. As 62% of you knew, the 16th Amdt allowed Congress to levy a direct income tax. They…
The Crisis - Suffrage Special Issue 1915With the New York referendum looming, The Crisis published its second special issue on women’s suffrage in August 1915. The cover was an arresting…
Thank you, Diane NashGreat thread from @marthasjones_ about the #vanguard. One of these founding mothers is still alive. What if everyone tweeting about the Voting Rights…