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Ken Paxton’s Office Sues Over Efforts to Get People of Color to Vote | The New Republic (newrepublic.com)
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Paxton’s lawsuit claims that a get-out-the-vote advertisement campaign from Harris County’s office essentially constitutes reverse racism because it encouraged Black and Latino voters (groups with historically lower access to elections) to vote. Harris County is Texas’s most diverse county, notably housing Houston.

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[–] 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Republican playbook ... nobody else remember the Acorn stuff?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (2 children)

    Foreigner here.... What was the acorn event?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Oh, I'm a foreigner too but I follow US politics too much. ACORN was an organization that helped people register to vote.

    When Obama was running ... people were calling him a terrorist. So it was called a terrorist organization and then accused Obama or using it to produce widespread voter fraud. Then Breitbart did some piece that was edited to make them look even worse. Long story short ... it was harassed and then financially collapsed.

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