Flipboard News Desk<p>Former U.S. Vice President and 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris says she will not run for governor of California in 2026. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@abc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>abc</span></a></span> has more.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/7uyv.v" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/7uyv.v</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/VP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VP</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Veep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Veep</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Kamala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kamala</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harris</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USElections</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Governor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Governor</span></a></p>
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Captain Jack Sparrow<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@godpod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>godpod</span></a></span> </p><p>to be fair, he probably doesn't even realise he's cheating any more, just playing his own rules. </p><p>it's the same when he "wins" elections, just playing his own rules...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Rockland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rockland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uselections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uselections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> </p><p>2024 Election Results Under Scrutiny as Lawsuit Advances<br><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/2024-election-lawsuit-advances-2083391" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsweek.com/2024-election-law</span><span class="invisible">suit-advances-2083391</span></a></p>
Ajay<p><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/yinhistory/EP98-Elections3.mp3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">traffic.libsyn.com/yinhistory/</span><span class="invisible">EP98-Elections3.mp3</span></a></p><p>FDR led the US and the World out of the Great Depression, and success in WWII. Harry Truman followed suit but the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution formally set term limits on US Presidency. The JFK-Nixon election of 1960 was very close and Nixon refused to contest the results to keep America's image on the global front, intact. LBJ saw the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which led to the South, leaning Republican. After a scandalous 2nd Presidential term for Nixon, Jimmy Carter took office on a platform of love and trust.<br><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/USElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USElections</span></a></p>
INBELLA<p>Trump lashes out at Harris over alleged bribery of celebrities during US election <a href="https://www.inbella.com/1172248/trump-lashes-out-at-harris-over-alleged-bribery-of-celebrities-during-us-election/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inbella.com/1172248/trump-lash</span><span class="invisible">es-out-at-harris-over-alleged-bribery-of-celebrities-during-us-election/</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/CelebritiesNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CelebritiesNews</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harris</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/TRUMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TRUMP</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/USElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USElections</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>Tomorrow will be another big day for local elections in the U.S., including the mayoral primaries for Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo and a little town called NYC. Plus, a legislative special election in New Hampshire, and the possible comeback of Anthony Weiner. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@taniel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>taniel</span></a></span> breaks down all the races so far and to come in June for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@bolts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bolts</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://flip.it/mlRoo1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/mlRoo1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USElections</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/AndrewCuomo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AndrewCuomo</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ZohranMamdani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZohranMamdani</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NYCMayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYCMayor</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p>Is this the same WaPo that didn't have the gumption to print Ann Tellnaes' cartoon of Jeff Bezos and a cabal of billionaire media/social media/tech celebs (Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong — and Walt Disney Company mascot Mickey Mouse!) bootlicking at trump's feet?* Wonder what changed. </p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/14/military-parade-trump-los-angeles-fort-bragg/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzQ5OTYwMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzUxMzQyMzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NDk5NjAwMDAsImp0aSI6IjJjYzM4OGQxLWU1NjItNGEwZS04M2M3LTIzODg0MzVlZjE4NiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9vcGluaW9ucy8yMDI1LzA2LzE0L21pbGl0YXJ5LXBhcmFkZS10cnVtcC1sb3MtYW5nZWxlcy1mb3J0LWJyYWdnLyJ9.FFkODcdLLZtWWhKtUH-ZrJKgiLkNWqAJl3jaK6yBt54" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/opinions/20</span><span class="invisible">25/06/14/military-parade-trump-los-angeles-fort-bragg/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzQ5OTYwMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzUxMzQyMzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NDk5NjAwMDAsImp0aSI6IjJjYzM4OGQxLWU1NjItNGEwZS04M2M3LTIzODg0MzVlZjE4NiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9vcGluaW9ucy8yMDI1LzA2LzE0L21pbGl0YXJ5LXBhcmFkZS10cnVtcC1sb3MtYW5nZWxlcy1mb3J0LWJyYWdnLyJ9.FFkODcdLLZtWWhKtUH-ZrJKgiLkNWqAJl3jaK6yBt54</span></a></p><p>*<a href="https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-</span><span class="invisible">im-quitting-the-washington-post</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USelections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USelections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpEd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dystopia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USArmy</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p>"Gets worse before it gets better" doesn't do nearly enough to describe the current situation —<br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rjr6nfdzrfngjgc34jjyty6a/post/3lpnj3vzkgs25" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rjr6n</span><span class="invisible">fdzrfngjgc34jjyty6a/post/3lpnj3vzkgs25</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USelections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USelections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionConsequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionConsequences</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionsHaveConsequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionsHaveConsequences</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> order targets barcodes on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ballots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ballots</span></a>. They’ve long been a source of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a></p><p>Trump’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> seeking to *overhaul* how <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USelections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USelections</span></a> are run includes a somewhat obscure reference to the way votes are counted. Voting equipment, it says, should not use ballots that include “a barcode or quick-response code.”</p><p>Those few technical words could have a big impact.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-executive-order-qr-codes-eaa28de62e54463dff116f09e09f7686" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-elect</span><span class="invisible">ions-executive-order-qr-codes-eaa28de62e54463dff116f09e09f7686</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p>"The library with one door in Canada and the other one (now closing) in the US" - EL PAÍS English<br><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-05-11/the-library-with-one-door-in-canada-and-the-other-one-now-closing-in-the-us.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">english.elpais.com/culture/202</span><span class="invisible">5-05-11/the-library-with-one-door-in-canada-and-the-other-one-now-closing-in-the-us.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USelections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USelections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionsHaveConsequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionsHaveConsequences</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionConsequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionConsequences</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/EndCitizensUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndCitizensUnited</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://endcitizensunited.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">endcitizensunited.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/USElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USElections</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/CitizensUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensUnited</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p>According to <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TheHumanistReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheHumanistReport</span></a>, a <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TrumpExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpExecutiveOrder</span></a> allows <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> to take power away from state and local governments. </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FascistUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FascistUSA</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/USElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USElections</span></a></p>
Flipboard<p>Postal services in some areas of the USA are unreliable, so it makes sense to have a grace period when it comes to returning election ballots — at least, that’s been the case for a number of years in around half of the states across the political spectrum. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@bolts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bolts</span></a></span> reports on how that’s changing. “This past March alone brought news that two states … will repeal their grace periods; that conservative federal judges are on the brink of killing grace periods in two other states; and that Trump, who for years has falsely alleged rampant mail-voting fraud, wants to pressure the rest of the nation to reject every mail ballot that arrives after polls close,” writes Alex Burness. </p><p><a href="https://boltsmag.org/restrictions-on-grace-periods-for-mail-ballots/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">boltsmag.org/restrictions-on-g</span><span class="invisible">race-periods-for-mail-ballots/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Voting</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/VoterSuppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoterSuppression</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ELections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ELections</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USElections</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Newstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewstodonFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/@carrieberry/114310663939048358" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.social/@carrieberry/1143</span><span class="invisible">10663939048358</span></a><br>h/t <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Ruth_Mottram</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/114312315914825080" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/</span><span class="invisible">114312315914825080</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomensOpportunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensOpportunities</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> stifled / challenged if we're not careful. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USelections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USelections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HandsOffHerVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOffHerVote</span></a></p>
WideEyedCurious 🇺🇸 💙 🇺🇦 & 🇨🇦<p>One piece of good news yesterday regarding the Wisconsin Supreme Court judge election.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USElections</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wisconsin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tesla</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cybertruck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybertruck</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>What Is A <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PollTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PollTax</span></a>? Definition and Examples</p><p>By Robert Longley, July 27, 2022</p><p>Excerpt: "In the United States, the origin of the poll tax—and the controversy surrounding it—is associated with the agrarian unrest of the 1880s and 1890s, which culminated in the rise of the Populist Party in the Western and the Southern states. The Populists, representing low-income farmers, gave Democrats in these areas the only serious competition that they had experienced since the end of Reconstruction. The competition led both parties to see the need to attract Black citizens back into politics and to compete for their vote. As the Democrats defeated the Populists, they amended their state constitutions or drafted new ones to include various discriminatory disfranchising devices. When the payment of the poll tax was made a prerequisite to voting, impoverished <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackPeople</span></a> and often <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoorWhitePeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoorWhitePeople</span></a>, unable to afford the tax, were denied the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightToVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToVote</span></a>. </p><p>"During the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era in the United States, the former states of the Confederacy repurposed the poll tax explicitly to prevent formerly enslaved <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackAmericans</span></a> from voting. Although the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/14thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>14thAmendment</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/15thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>15thAmendment</span></a> [s] gave Black men full <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VotingRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VotingRights</span></a>, the power to determine what constituted a qualified voter was left to the states. Beginning with Mississippi in 1890, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthernStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernStates</span></a> quickly exploited this legal loophole. At its 1890 constitutional convention, Mississippi imposed a $2.00 poll tax and early registration as a requirement for voting. This had catastrophic results for the Black electorate. Whereas approximately 87,000 Black citizens registered to vote in 1869, representing almost 97% of the eligible voting-age population, fewer than 9,000 of them registered to vote after the state’s new constitution took effect in 1892. </p><p>"Between 1890 and 1902, all eleven former <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Confederate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Confederate</span></a> states imposed some form of a poll tax to deter Black Americans from voting. The tax, which ranged from $1 to $2, was prohibitively expensive for most Black sharecroppers, who earned their wages in crops, not currency. Beyond the cost, voter registration and tax payment offices were usually located in public spaces designed to intimidate potential voters, like courthouses and police stations.</p><p>"The southern states also enacted <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JimCrowLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JimCrowLaws</span></a> intended to reinforce <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RacialSegregation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RacialSegregation</span></a> and restrict Black voting rights. Along with the poll tax, most of these states also imposed literacy tests, which required potential voters to read and interpret in writing sections of the state constitution. So-called 'grandfather clauses' allowed a person to vote without paying the poll tax or passing the literacy test if their father or grandfather had voted before the abolition of slavery in 1865; a stipulation that automatically precluded all formerly enslaved persons. Together, the grandfather clause and the literacy tests effectively restored voting rights to poorer White voters who could not pay the poll tax, while further suppressing the Black vote.</p><p>"Poll taxes of varying stipulations lingered in Southern states well into the 20th century. While some states abolished the tax in the years after World War I, others retained it. Ratified in 1964, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/24thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>24thAmendment</span></a> to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USConstitution</span></a> declared the tax unconstitutional in federal elections. </p><p>"Specifically, the 24th Amendment states:</p><p> 'The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.'</p><p>"President Lyndon B. Johnson called the amendment a 'triumph of liberty over restriction.' 'It is a verification of people's rights, which are rooted so deeply in the mainstream of this nation's history,' he said.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VotingRightsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VotingRightsAct</span></a> of 1965 created significant changes in the voting status of Black Americans throughout the South. The law prohibited the states from using literacy tests and other methods of excluding Black Americans from voting. Before this, only an estimated twenty-three percent of voting-age Black citizens were registered nationally, but by 1969 the number had jumped to sixty-one percent. </p><p>"In 1966 the U.S. Supreme Court went beyond the Twenty-fourth Amendment by ruling in the case of Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections that under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, states could not levy a poll tax as a prerequisite for voting in state and local elections. In two months in the spring of 1966, federal courts declared poll tax laws unconstitutional in the last four states that still had them, starting with Texas on February 9. Similar decisions soon followed in Alabama and Virginia. Mississippi's $2.00 poll tax (about $18 today) was the last to fall, declared unconstitutional on April 8, 1966."</p><p><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/poll-tax-definition-and-examples-5443130" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thoughtco.com/poll-tax-definit</span><span class="invisible">ion-and-examples-5443130</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterDisenfranchisement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoterDisenfranchisement</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TwentyFourthAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwentyFourthAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FourteenthAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FourteenthAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FifteenthAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FifteenthAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoterRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LiteracyTests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteracyTests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USElections</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterSuppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoterSuppression</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackAmericans</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a>: Oklahoma House Passes Stricter <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoterID</span></a>, Awaits Senate Scrutiny</p><p>By Amelia Claire Grant, March 29, 2025</p><p>"The Oklahoma House has given its nod to a new bill that ratchets up voter ID regulations; if you're planning on voting in 2027, you'll need to show a picture of yourself. </p><p>"The legislation dubbed House Bill 1005, spearheaded by Rep. Jim Olsen, R-Roland, is now one step closer to becoming law after coasting through the House with significant support, as reported by the Oklahoma House of Representatives' official site.</p><p>"Here's the deal: Should <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HB1005" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HB1005</span></a> get the final thumbs up, Service Oklahoma is going to pair up with the Secretary of the State Election Board and get cracking on providing free photo IDs for voters, because everyone hustling to the polls will need to flash one—this applies whether you’re rocking up to vote in person or opting to mail in an absentee ballot."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://hoodline.com/2025/03/oklahoma-house-passes-stricter-voter-id-bill-awaits-senate-scrutiny/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hoodline.com/2025/03/oklahoma-</span><span class="invisible">house-passes-stricter-voter-id-bill-awaits-senate-scrutiny/</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterDisenfranchisement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoterDisenfranchisement</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OklahomaPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OklahomaPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoterID</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterIDAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoterIDAct</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbsenteeVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbsenteeVoting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbsenteeBallots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbsenteeBallots</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USElections</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>: As Maine eyes voter ID law, Trump order tightens federal registration rules</p><p>by Caroline LeCour, March 27, 2025</p><p>"As Maine voters eye a statewide voter ID proposal, a new <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> from President Donald <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is adding another layer to the conversation around election integrity and access. </p><p>"The order signed Wednesday would require proof of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USCitizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USCitizenship</span></a> to register for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FederalElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalElections</span></a> and mandate that all ballots be received by Election Day—a change from the current system in many states that allows ballots postmarked by Election Day to count if received later.</p><p>"Though separate from Maine's voter ID proposal—which addresses identification at the polls rather than registration—some in the state see a common goal.</p><p>"'This is a policy, different policies to strengthen our elections, to increase confidence of voters to participate in our democratic process,' <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlexTitcomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlexTitcomb</span></a>, of the grassroots organization The Dinner Table, [a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PAC</span></a>] said. The group spared Maine's voter ID proposal, which was certified by the Maine Secretary of State earlier this year. </p><p>"Critics argue that requiring documents many voters may not readily have—especially those whose names may not match across forms of ID—could discourage legitimate voters from participating.</p><p>"'A lot of married women have changed their names, some of their documents don't match up,' Jen Lancaster, with the League of Women Voters of Maine, said. 'Maybe they don't have the perfect document, and they get turned away. That's what <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterSuppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoterSuppression</span></a> is. It's eligible voters being denied their right to vote.'</p><p>"Lancaster says the executive order is likely to face legal challenges, echoing concerns from national <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VotingRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VotingRights</span></a> organizations."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/as-maine-eyes-voter-id-law-trump-order-tightens-federal-registration-rules/ar-AA1BJQb9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/politics/as</span><span class="invisible">-maine-eyes-voter-id-law-trump-order-tightens-federal-registration-rules/ar-AA1BJQb9</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterDisenfranchisement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoterDisenfranchisement</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MainePol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MainePol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoterID</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterIDAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoterIDAct</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeagueOfWomenVoters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeagueOfWomenVoters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbsenteeVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbsenteeVoting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbsenteeBallots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbsenteeBallots</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoterID</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SAVEAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SAVEAct</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USElections</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p>Democrat wins Pennsylvania special election, handing party control of state House<br><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5213743-democrat-dan-goughnour-wins-pa/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/homenews/campaign/</span><span class="invisible">5213743-democrat-dan-goughnour-wins-pa/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USelections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USelections</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p>Once again, zing — <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/feb/17/living-under-the-yoke-of-an-authoritarian-regime-why-not-join-the-raccoons-of-the-resistance" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">picture/2025/feb/17/living-under-the-yoke-of-an-authoritarian-regime-why-not-join-the-raccoons-of-the-resistance</span></a> via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@firstdogonthemoon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>firstdogonthemoon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USelections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USelections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionConsequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionConsequences</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionsHaveConsequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionsHaveConsequences</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1864079/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1864079/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Elon Musk’s first month of destroying America will cost us decades <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USElections</span></a></p>
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