Saturday, April 2, 2016

Why is the media ‘trumping’ the GOP's Block the Vote Agenda?


Except for MSNBC, not one major cable news network cares about or is paying attention to the Republican Party’s Block the Vote Agenda aimed at denying low-income families’, students', the elderly, and minorities' constitutional right to vote!  


The topic of voting rights denial  is not even addressed  in 2016 presidential debates.  How can a cable network sponsor a debate on voting issues without addressing who is being denied the right to vote on those issues ?!?!?

Every single 2016 Republican presidential candidate who held or is currently holding public office has engaged in voter suppression in some way, form or fashion. (See 2016 Voting Record link below and spindetectives The GOP Primary Debate: What if? post.)

Prior to and since the election of President Obama, Republican governors and Republican state legislators systematically passed legislation to deny voting rights. (See Republicans are trying to Make Sure Minorities and Young People Don’t Vote, Republicans use vote suppression as electoral strategy, Gerrymandering Rigged the 2014 Elections for GOP, and Denial of Voting Rights links below.)

Here are a few of many examples:
  • Creating Jim Crow Poll Tax Voter ID laws that prohibit low income families, senior citizens and college students from having the money or public/private transportation options to obtain a Voter ID
  • Last minute changes in polling locations
  • Changing polling hours
  • Eliminating early voting days
  • Reducing the number of polling places
  • Drawing election maps that pack a community’s minorities in only a handful of polling districts with only a handful of voting machines.
  • Making it harder for non-English language speakers to vote
  • Changing election dates from the day of the official election
  • False cancellations of official election dates
  • Rigging voting districts in favor of Republicans by making sure that Republican candidates have no electoral contenders!

Republican congressional lawmakers(?) refuse to fix the evisceration of the Voting Rights Act by conservative Supreme Court justices. (See Supreme Court Eviscerates the Voting Rights Act and Why the GOP Won’t Fix the Voting Rights Act links below.)

Cable news(???) outlets need to stop competing for who can best represent Trump's Personal Cable News Campaign Headquarters and start covering what elections are really all about - the constitutional right to vote

WE can protect the constitutional right to vote!


Record voter turnout can overturn GOP voter suppression!
Start getting out the 2016 vote from now!
Share the following voter registration links on your social networks and
on talk radio stations

Fighting Voter Suppression | American Civil Liberties Union

https://www.aclu.org/.../voting.../fighting-...

GOTTA VOTE

 

Register to Vote | Voter Registration Forms | RegistertoVote ...

https://registertovote.org/

NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK (VOTER REGISTRATION & PROTECTION)




Contact Republican congressional lawmakers(???)!
Tell them to fix the Voting Rights Act!

Contact Speaker Paul | Paul Ryan

https://paulryan.house.gov/contact/
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Contacting the Congress is a very up-to-date citizen's congressional directory for the 113th Congress. As of ...

Use this free tool to find the email address, phone number and contact information for your Congressman, including Senators and Representatives. http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb

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Contact FOX, CNN, ABC and CBS!
Tell them to cover issues related to the Republican Block the Vote Agenda!

Contact Us | Fox News


CNN.com - Contact Us

www.cnn.com/feedback/tips/

ABC.com - Contact ABC

site.abc.go.com/site/contactus.html

Contact Us - CBS News

www.cbsnews.com/contact-us/

  
Sign Voting Rights Petitions!
(If any are closed, be happy. WE are signing!

PETITION: Enact the Voting Rights Amendment Act Now!

act.commoncause.org/site/Survey?ACTION_REQUIRED=URI.

 

Tell Congress: Restore Strength to the Voting Rights Act ...

site.pfaw.org/site/PageServer?pagename...

Tell Congress: Restore the Voting Rights Act - Daily Kos

https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/1261

 

petition: Tell Congress: Restore the Voting Rights Act

www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/139/199/330/

Tell Your Representative to Move Forward On Voting Rights

www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/369/060/186/

Petition · Pledge to Protect Voting Rights · Change.org

https://www.change.org/.../ohio-legislature-pledge-to-protect-...


Inform!
Pick one or more of the  links below and share it on your social network to demonstrate why every member of your network has Gotta' Vote!


SOURCES
Correct The Record | The 2016 GOP Record On Voting Rightscorrectrecord.org/the-2016-gop-record-on-voting-rights/

The GOP War on Voting | Rolling Stone


www.pfaw.org › Media center › Publications

GOP Voter Suppression Is Real And Must Be Stopped by ...

www.creators.com › Opinion › Roland Martin

archive.dailyrecord.com/article/.../Denial-voting-rights-growing-concern

The Supreme Court Eviscerates the Voting Rights Act in a ...www.thenation.com › Blogs › Ari Berman


Why The GOP Won't Let Congress Fix The Voting Rights Act

talkingpointsmemo.com/.../why-the-gop-won-t-let-...

Republicans Are Trying to Make Sure Minorities and Young ...

www.motherjones.com/.../voting-rights-november-voter-su...

Republicans use vote suppression as electoral strategy | Al ...

america.aljazeera.com/.../2014-midterm-electionsgopvotersupp...


The State of Voting in 2014 | Brennan Center for Justice


Gerrymandering Rigged the 2014 Elections for GOP ...

billmoyers.com/.../gerrymandering-rigged-2014-elections...

Republicans are trying to legally rig elections, again

americablog.com › Elections

https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../gop-electoral-vot...

12 Very Real Voter-Suppression Tactics Experts Now Worry ...



The New Face of Jim Crow: Voter Suppression in America ...

www.pfaw.org › Media center › Publications

thinkprogress.org/.../what-you-need-to-know-about-the-g...

The Fight to Vote: Civil Rights Advocates Launch Petition ...billmoyers.com/.../the-fight-to-vote-civil-rights-advocates-...


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