Prepare for the battle to vote in the approaching midterms! For a bunch of lying MAGA propaganda, manipulative legislation, and hurdles are being constructed to diminish the voting power of minority and marginalized communities; which typically vote Democrat. This includes Latinos, who predominately voted for Trump in 2024.
People, we must get ready to vote this authoritarian regime out and all of those elected officials propping it up. We must vote out the Republicans in office as almost all bow down to our dictator, Donald Trump, additionally we must primary those Democrats who have proven themselves to side along Republicans without standing upon their true convictions. Keep in mind all in the Democratic Senate voted "yes" to the Kirk resolution.
Americans need to look at some of the measures Trump and the Republican Party are using to to rig the upcoming midterm elections into their favor. We've already seen how Donald Trump continues to insist he won the 2020 election, consequently spawning a riot on our nation's capital on January 6, 2020. Trump maintains the votes were stolen despite not a shred of evidence to support his erroneous claim. Yet, despite an audio recording of Trump asking Brad Raffensperger, Secretary of State in Georgia to "find 11,780 votes" so he could win 2020, many people continue to believe the felon-in-chief's bogus election claims.
Republicans have a history a suppressing voters from certain demographics; namely brown and black voters. Recall how Georgia's state Secretary, Brian Kemp' was sued in 2018 for suppressing minority votes by not approving over 53,000 voter registrations predominantly filed by black Americans. Stacy Abrams would later run against Kemp for governor thereby bringing great attention to the controversy. Kemp was implementing bogus efforts to invalidate state voters based on superficial details on their voter registration forms, such as no periods behind their middle initials and other inconsequential details. Such underhanded tactics are not confined simply to the state of Georgia. I have been hearing voter "horror" stories from other states lately, so nothing new is under the sun.
Just this past year we have seen the efforts by the Republican party to illegally redistrict their states, as we have seen in Texas led by Greg Abbott at Donald Trump's request. Trump has admitted on video that Republicans must win the midterms, otherwise he will be impeached. Trump's Department of Justice led by Attorney General Pam Bondi is now in the process of suing 28 states for not turning over private data of voter registrants in these states, a request which is illegal to no one's surprise. All of this is a concerted effort by the Republican Party to thwart votes.
Clarence Thomas, and surely others of the conservative Supreme Court justices are bent on destroying Section 2 of the Voting Right Act passed by Congress in 1965, which prohibits discriminatory practices regarding the electorate. The Brennan Center for Justice states "Passed 60 years ago, the Voting Rights Act is one of the most important and transformative laws in American history. Overnight, the law ended discriminatory practices like poll taxes and literacy tests and, for six decades, has ensured that voters of color and language minorities have equal access to the ballot box." The Cornell Law School website elaborates "Section 2 of the VRA prohibits drawing election districts in ways that improperly dilute minorities’ voting power. This prohibition applies to states, counties, cities, school districts, and any other governmental units that hold elections." We can see how in just the course of one year, how the Trump administration and the Republican Party has violated the Voting Rights Act".
Recently the SAVE ACT passed the House, and will certainly pass the majority Republican led senate. This whole measure is an effort to suppress voters, particularly those of lower income, but most importantly, racial minorities. It is designed to stifle voter resignation, making it more difficult by requiring either passports (which are expensive) or birth certificates (which can pose a problem for naturalized citizens). It is estimated the Save Act will block millions of people who are eligible and who are legitimate voters from participating in elections. It also greatly poses a problem for married women because their names will not match their birth certificates. Passports require money--money that a lot of people do not have. The bill also allows limits on what is considered acceptable identification, which will negatively impact tribal citizens and students.
I defer again to the Brennan Center For Justice, which composed a list describing a "new" extension to the Save ACT which is absolutely alarming:
- "The bill not only requires proof of citizenship, but also proof of residence in order to register. This could block even more Americans from voting. Roughly 9 percent of the population has moved within a state in the past year, but many will not update their driver’s licenses until they expire.
- The legislation would mandate voter roll purges every 30 days, placing enormous burdens on election officials and ending the 90-day quiet period that protects voters from being mistakenly thrown off the rolls right before Election Day.
- The bill would prohibit universal mail voting, requiring all mail voters to submit an application in order to receive a mail ballot. This would end the longstanding principal method of voting in eight states and Washington, DC.
- The bill also includes the same restrictive photo ID requirement as the SAVE America Act."
All of this is an effort to thwart the voting power of people of color, even women (who Pete Hegseth feels should not be able to vote) and those of lower classes, who the Republican's Party view as riff raff. But this battle is primarily about race and power based on race.
We are going to have to stand up to this authtoritarin regime. It has attacked American democracy on all levels, including voting privileges. All the hoops and obstacles will require time to overcome for many, so it is best to get started now! Get your birth certificates now, real ID's now, and passports if you can afford it. Apply for absentee ballot voting now, and above all--do get REGISTERED! Find out now what your obstacles will be, so that you have at least several months to work it our. Birth certificates take time and are not immediate. Below, you will find a list of states, with links to enable people to register to vote online.
List of State Official Registration Sites
Click of the name of your state to go to its online voter registration page. (North Dakota does not require voter registration, but it does require identification
North Dakota
