Let’s take a walk down the Voter Suppression Hall of Shame.We wouldn’t be able to fit every voter suppressor into this email if we tried. But today, we’re spotlighting a few of the governors who have created a legacy of voter suppression and who are more interested in clinging onto power than they are in preserving our democracy. Are you already convinced that we need to stop anti-voter extremism across the nation? Add your name today to let us know you’re with us in this movement. [[link removed]]
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First up, we’ve got Governor Brian Kemp in Georgia.
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-During his time as Secretary of State, he oversaw canceling over 1.4 million voter registrations and advised closing a higher percentage of voting locations than in any other state — disproportionately silencing people of color.
-As governor, he has signed laws imposing burdensome voter ID requirements, restricting ballot dropboxes, criminalizing passing out food and water to voters in line, criminalizing hardworking county officials and denying them desperately-needed election funds, and several more.
-He has been at the forefront of some of the most dangerous and harmful anti-voting policies in the nation.
Next is Governor Ron DeSantis in Florida.
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-As governor, he has signed multiple laws to restrict the right to vote, including creating a state agency that could be used to criminalize and intimidate voters and implementing his version of a congressional map that reduced representation for Black voters.
-Just last month, he signed another law to restrict and penalize organizations working to register voters.
-His attacks on voting are just part of his ongoing and dangerous campaign to deny the people of Florida their fundamental freedoms — which extends to banning conversations about race and gender in schools.
Last but not least is Governor Greg Abbott in Texas.
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-He is at the helm of Texas extremists’ scheme to block voters from exercising their rights, with over 40 anti-voter bills proposed just this year.
-In 2021, he signed a sweeping restrictive voting law which he proclaimed was a “paradigm” for other states — further restricting vote-by-mail and creating new criminal and civil penalties for poll workers.
-He called for investigations into elections in Harris County, home to Houston, prompting lawmakers to introduce a bill that could allow the Secretary of State to take over how elections are run in the county.
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