BREAKING: Federal judge rules that GOP discriminated with straight-party voting ban

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1. Oops... Replied to the wrong post.

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2. From Detroit News- 10 min ago

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.detroitnews.com/amp/879328002

Lansing — Michigan’s Republican-led Legislature “intentionally discriminated against African Americans” by passing a law to ban straight-ticket, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.


U.S. District Judge Gershwin Drain on Wednesday permanently barred Michigan from enforcing the ban, giving voters across the state the continued to cast a straight-ticket ballot for all candidates of a single political party. Drain is an African-America judge was was appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama

Plaintiffs in the case “have demonstrated by a preponderance of the evidence that PA 268 unduly burdens the right to vote,” Drain wrote in a 103-page opinion.

The law “reflects racial discriminatory intent harbored by the Michigan Legislature, and disparately impacts African-Americans’ opportunity to vote in concert with social and historical conditions of discrimination.”

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3. Repukes will try any trick in the book (and some that aren't).

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5. Two GIANT pieces of GREAT NEWS from my state within 12 hours?!

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6. Texas is eliminating straight ticket voting starting in 2020

It is time for another lawsuit

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7. New: federal judge bars Michigan from eliminating straight-ticket voting

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