https://thyblackman.com/2018/12/31/message-to-new-congress-reinstate-voting-rights-act-of-1965-pronto/ Black News 24/7 Online for the Black Community. Thu, 03 Jan 2019 17:36:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://thyblackman.com/2018/12/31/message-to-new-congress-reinstate-voting-rights-act-of-1965-pronto/comment-page-1/#comment-280270 Thu, 03 Jan 2019 17:36:40 +0000 http://thyblackman.com/?p=81615#comment-280270 Hmm. So I read the Vox article and the research study that it linked to. The article made a lot of statements that had no references, then the one real research they referenced indicated that there was no effect. Still feels like a made up story to me.

]]> https://thyblackman.com/2018/12/31/message-to-new-congress-reinstate-voting-rights-act-of-1965-pronto/comment-page-1/#comment-280247 Tue, 01 Jan 2019 09:36:23 +0000 http://thyblackman.com/?p=81615#comment-280247 As a researcher my outcomes are independent of my personal beliefs, however, please read this Vox article which sheds more light than I could ever present in one lifetime. It’s complicated but very distinctly targeted to race and the Republican party. Looking at one race which puts it all in perspective; Georgia:
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/11/7/18071438/midterm-election-results-voting-rights-georgia-florida

]]> https://thyblackman.com/2018/12/31/message-to-new-congress-reinstate-voting-rights-act-of-1965-pronto/comment-page-1/#comment-280242 Tue, 01 Jan 2019 01:14:41 +0000 http://thyblackman.com/?p=81615#comment-280242 I will not argue that racism is alive and well. I would like to better understand why Voter ID is seen as black voter suppression. Why?

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