Not sure what scares Texas GOP more?
People of color or educated people?
I knew where this was happening before I opened the article.
If only there were an actual right to vote that people could be prosecuted for conspiring to violate.
If I attended college there, I would hold a class boycott and use the time to make sure every single registered student cast an early vote. Create a peer-to-peer program, and start a national fund to provide free transportation to whatever obscure voting site the Waller County racist criminals have designated. I canāt imagine why the students areāt protesting in the streets.
Presumably the people of Katy, TX, higher voting age population than PVAMU, predominantly white, much worse service in terms of early voting availability, will be the next to sue.
And in Northern confederate newsā¦
Easy day here.
Yes
Unbelievable. This is the same county that killed Sandra Bland. She was on her way to start a new job at Prairie View.
I am a resident of Waller County and our early voting options are pretty limited compared to cities in other counties like Houston in Harris County. The nearest voting location for me ā 10 miles away ā is only open October 25-27 and pretty much just during regular business hours. I donāt know if these are late additions, but there is early voting on PV campus next week. Hereās the list of places and times for early voting in Waller County: http://www.co.waller.tx.us/page/Front%20Page
Educated people of Color.
Yes. I am one of those people. Iāve been in California for the past 25 years. Donāt miss it. Also, not rioting to get out of my sanctuary city.
Yes, the most terrifying of allā¦
I find it humorous that the Commission actually used āseniors arenāt comfortable going on campusā¦ā as an excuse. Not comfortable going onto a predominantly BLACK campus is clearly impliedā¦ you canāt get much more transparently racist than that.
It may not be explicitly outlined in the āBill of Rightsā, but it is most certainly and implicitly implied in the Constitution as a whole. Voting is our right. But not perhaps, as understood today in our fledgling āDemocracyāā¦
All because of this important caveat (note: āas I understand itā, which is probably not 100% accurate, so please feel free to educate me where needed):
One of the reasons we donāt have an explicit āright to voteā is that the Founding Fathers were in fact specifically against the idea of the United States being a āDemocracyā, as defined then and now. We were meant to be a Constitutional Republic, that had a limited ācitizen votingā component. Specifically when choosing our representatives to the House of Representatives. The rest was up to the several States, with their Senators being chosen by State legislatures (also presumably voted into office by their constituent citizens), and sent on to Congress along with the elected Representatives. NOT a Democracy. A partially voting Republic. Actually, there is a very large and measurable difference between those.
However, the right to choose our Representatives to the Federal Government is indeed enshrined in the Constitution. And I believe that anyone attempting to infringe on the access to or ability to choose (by voting) said representation is prosecutable on those grounds.
The rest, Iām unsure ofā¦ citizens voting for Senators directly, definitely came with a later amendment. Not the original intent of the founders of our Republic. Democracy they were against, so thatās a more modern concept not entirely supported by law because of this ācaveatāā¦
How does boycotting the college going to force the county to end voter suppression? Everyone suffers but the people who caused the suffering in the first place.
I meant boycott classes until they have all had the legal opportunity to vote. Historically, boycotts are great ways to bring attention to an important issue as well. Not a big leap to nationalize the story.
You havenāt answered the question. Boycotts only work if you boycott the right institution that needs to be boycotted. Not a big leap of understanding there. Take the jump. You can do it!
I get it, you donāt want these students to have the right vote. Also not a big leap.
Dishonestly trying to put your lying words into my mouth just proves you have no rational counter-argument. You didnāt leap to understanding. You walked off the cliff of reason.