Posted on 04/08/2023 3:57:35 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee has become a new front in the battle for the future of American democracy after Republicans expelled two Black lawmakers from the state Legislature for their part in a protest urging passage of gun-control measures.
The removal of the lawmakers, who were only recently elected, reflects a trend in dozens of states where Republicans are trying to make it harder to cast ballots and challenging the integrity of the election process.
At least 177 bills restricting voting or creating systems that can intimidate voters or permit partisan interference were filed or introduced in dozens of states so far this year, according to the Brennan Center.
“It represents a really slow erosion of our democracy,” said Neha Patel, co-executive director of the State Innovation Exchange, a strategy center for state legislators working toward progressive policies.
Patel called the expulsions “the third prong of a long-range strategy.” She said it was once “unprecedented” for states to make it harder for people to vote, but the practice has become “commonplace.”
It’s also become common for the GOP to challenge the electoral process and raise questions about election integrity. The next question is whether states with Republican supermajorities will follow Tennessee’s lead in expelling opponents with different points of view, she said.
Fred Wertheimer, founder and president of Democracy 21, a nonpartisan organization advocating for better government, said expulsions have generally been reserved for lawmakers involved in criminal activity.
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That would be most of the stories in the Times. It makes them harder to read as well.
Indian. Dot, not feathers.
When the voter roles include civil war veterans and Scooby Do voting is too easy.
(FIFY)
State Innovation Exchange is a non-profit, 501 c 3 organization. I’ll bet they live off government grants (IE: the taxpayer) They don’t pay taxes but presume to tell us how to run our government. Leeches
Nothing more democratic than voting.
Hysterical nonsense fron the AP who’s no longer pretending to be a news outlet. They sound like Antifa.
Reaping the result of a generation that never went to church.
“State Innovation Exchange is a non-profit, 501 c 3 organization. I’ll bet they live off government grants (IE: the taxpayer) They don’t pay taxes but presume to tell us how to run our government. Leeches”
According to Wikipedia, they get grants from private foundations too. This is probably a 50-50 split where these parasites get taxpayer funding and from foundations too. Just a guess. Are 95% of NGOs liberal scams, with women at the top and loads of “do-gooder” female employees? Yes!
Oh they were visited by the Vice President and got an invitation to the White House. Crazy that the federal government is even involved in a local state issue. Life is stranger everyday.
AP = America’s Pravda at it again.
If your voting on a Dominion voting machine, does it matter?
Thats not what I said...
Read the article ...
The Armed Violent Insurrectionists narrative came back to bite the Democrats
Standard American Pravda lies and propaganda throughout.
Unfortunately, the Republicans as usual screwed it up badly.
The leftwing white Demorat was not expelled. I understand from reading the posts on FR, was that she did not use the bullhorn to incite mayhem. So the Republicans trying to be nice did not expell her. She then goes to CNN and says the fact that she was not expelled but two black men were was racist.
LESSON To Republicans: stop being nice to leftwing radical Demorats. They are not to be trusted under any circumstances. They are not like old liberal Democrats like Hubert Humphrey or Henry Jackson. They lie, cheat etc to accomplish their goals which includes eliminating the free enterprise system.
They would clean that up.
Radical Negros expelled from the Tennessee Legislature.
They are Black.
They lacked the intellect to know what they were actually swearing to
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