THERE ARE NUMEROUS VOTING REQUIREMENTS IN #USA

1. THERE IS NOT A FEDERAL ELECTIONS AGENCY
each state manages elections based on constitutional statutes and voting rights laws

2. it means every eligible voter needs to prove two things:

2a. USA CITIZENSHIP - to vote in federal elections
2b. STATE RESIDENCY - to vote in statewide & local elections

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3.Each state has

3a. mandatory minimum of time to be considered a resident
3b. minimum requirements to prove who you are
3c. proof of voter registration certification
3c1. the proof of voter registration certification can look like anything:

in New York we get a little plastic dot that can be brought to the polling site. when they scan it, your info pops up. once you sign it, you’re good to get your paper ballot and vote.

THE PAPER BALLOT IS NOT TIED TO YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION

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NEW YORK’S PAPER BALLOTS ARE NOT TIED TO YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION

because it would be against our constution and a violation of human rights.

i was one of the people who campaigned all across the state, educating politicians about the different technologies involved with voting machines.

the system we have in New York keeps voting separate from voter identification:

THIS IS POTENTIALLY NOT THE CASE WITH PAPERLESS VOTING

this is one reason to reject VOTER TRACKING… 🧵

THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT wasn’t written just with African Americans in mind. what was passed in 1965 had to keep being amended and expanded.

that’s why demanding special paperwork, like original birth certificates only to vote were deemed anti-constitutional and a burden akin to a poll tax.

our states of residency already have ways to verify who we are. there is no need to burden voters, especially NATURALIZED CITIZENS… 🧵

FASCISTS MAKE IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR WORKING CLASS MIGRANTS TO GET #USA CITIZENSHIP

naturalized citizens already have to jump through hoops, sometimes for decades, to prove they are worthy of USA citizenship. demanding original birth certificates ONLY TO VOTE has been proven to be a poll tax.

this is why the Jewish American community fought and died with us during the Civil Rights Movement: imagine being a Holocaust survivor and denied the vote because you didn't have a birth certificate… 🧵

POLL TAXES ARE THE ENSHITTIFICATION OF DEMOCRACY

and fascists will create racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, transphobic, classist, reasons to deny us not just the right to vote, but our civil and human rights.

you can't “model minority” your way out of fascism. you have to fight it by all means necessary.

that’s why in spite of fascist SCOTUS John Roberts, Black Voters do Matter: the antifascist gains of the 1960s protected all of us. without them everybody loses the right to vote. /🧵