An eloquent and moving call for voting rights reform shows the former Georgia House minority leader is ready for higher office.
Should anti-capitalists urge a vote for Joe Biden to defeat Donald Trump in November 2020 or not?
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Efforts to make it more difficult for people to vote not only violate democratic principles, but are also illegal. The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution, prohibits the federal government and the states from denying a citizen the right to vote.
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The U.S is ostensibly a democracy, yet past presidential elections, most recently in 2016, saw the loser of the popular vote elected. Two authors look at the convoluted Electoral College system, singular among advanced nations, and propose remedies.
I would vote for Joe Biden even if I believed Reade's account. Fortunately, I don't have to sacrifice morality to political necessity. Four more years of Trump will replace what remains of our democracy with unchecked rule by fascists and fanatics..
Reader Comments: Biden-Sanders Joint Policy Task Forces; Voter Suppression; COVID-19 Victims; Prison Labor as Scabs; Somalia; Cuba; Radical Books Sale; How to Absentee Vote NY Primary; Support Postal Workers, Retail and Food Workers in UNITE HERE
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