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#AlabamasGottenMeSoUpset

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Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AlabamasGottenMeSoUpset" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AlabamasGottenMeSoUpset</span></a>: Many of the remarkable achievements of the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> movement were forged in Alabama. Yet today, the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/whitesupermajorities" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>whitesupermajorities</span></a> that control both houses of Alabama’s <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/legislature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>legislature</span></a>, along with Alabama’s white republican <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/governor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>governor</span></a>, Kay Ivey, continue to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/disenfranchise" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disenfranchise</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Blackvoters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Blackvoters</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/eliminatetheelectoralcollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>eliminatetheelectoralcollege</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AbolishTheFilibuster" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AbolishTheFilibuster</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ExpandTheCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ExpandTheCourt</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/corruptrobertscourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corruptrobertscourt</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/shelbycountyvsholder" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>shelbycountyvsholder</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/7/from_alabama_to_florida_the_fight" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2023/9/7/from</span><span class="invisible">_alabama_to_florida_the_fight</span></a></p>
Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AlabamasGottenMeSoUpset" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AlabamasGottenMeSoUpset</span></a>: By requiring <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/preapproval" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>preapproval</span></a>, the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/VRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VRA</span></a> sought to prevent <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/discriminatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>discriminatory</span></a> practices from going into effect in the first place.<br />In 2013, however, the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ShelbyCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ShelbyCounty</span></a> v. Holder struck down the framework that determined which <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/jurisdictions" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>jurisdictions</span></a> were subject to the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/preclearance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>preclearance</span></a> requirement, effectively gutting this key <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/enforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>enforcement</span></a> measure.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/corruptrobertscourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corruptrobertscourt</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/JohnLewisVotingRightsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JohnLewisVotingRightsAct</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/StateVotingRightsLegislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StateVotingRightsLegislation</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.naacpldf.org/why-state-and-federal-voting-rights-legislation-go-hand-in-hand/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">naacpldf.org/why-state-and-fed</span><span class="invisible">eral-voting-rights-legislation-go-hand-in-hand/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/EnforceThe15th" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnforceThe15th</span></a></p>
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