Daily Kos: PLANTATION MENTALITY WHITES ARE TRYING TO MAKE FLORIDIANS PAY POLL TAXES

By Gloria Dulan-Wilson

Hello All:

I received this from the Daily Kos today. Needless to say, T-rump and the repuglycons have no compunction about stepping on the backs of Americans and they are making sure that they play every trick in the book to deprive us of our rights to vote, and to live happy, equitably and free.

This is egregious and disgusting!  Not to mention illegal.  The Daily Kos is asking for contributions to help pay these "taxes" and I'm not going to say no.  But I also want to tell Black Floridians to not take it lying down.  Make sure that, if and when you pay these bogus taxes, that you DEFEAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE REPUGLYCON CANDIDATES BY MAJOR LANDSLIDES, AND SEND NOTHING BUT DEMOCRATS TO DC, OR TO THE STATE LEGISLATORS OR MAYORS OR SCHOOL BOARDS OR DOG CATCHERS - or whatever else!  

There is no way that the wishes of the majority can be ignored and disrespected and dismantled by the minority.  It's time to dismantle  that evile empire with swamp rats in Mar A Lago and their surrounding areas.   Make them pay for the hell they're putting you/us through!  Defeat each and every one of them.

Additionally, for those of us who have friends, relatives, associates in Florida, please help them out in this measure - of course, verify first - and make sure they aren't caught short.

To my friends who are there - rally your troops.  Draining the swamp is not only necessary for DC, but you need to the the Repuglycon boot off your necks there as well.  

Be advised - we are all in this fight for our rights together - and if you thing that what happens in Florida - a repuglycon stronghold - doesn't affect you, guest again!  Remember the Al Gore fiasco where they literally dumped Democratic votes into the ocean.  These are the same evil ones.  It cost us the election and we ended up with Bushwacker !! and later the World Trade Center, and, and - as they say, the rest is a a tragic history!!

As always, the writing in yellow highlights are mine - and I also highlighted several passages in red for even greater emphasis.  ### GDW

The right to vote is a foundational constitutional right for United States citizens, but more than 700,000 Floridians are being denied this fundamental right until they can pay a modern-day poll tax. After a hard-fought 2018 campaign, Florida voters overwhelmingly passed Amendment 4--a state constitutional amendment restoring the right to vote to folks who fully complete their sentences--which enfranchised 1.4 million Floridians who had previously been banned from voting for life. The Florida state legislature moved immediately to undermine the will of Florida voters and steal this victory, passing a law that requires people to pay all court-ordered fines and fees before the state restores their voting rights. Now 700,000 Floridians cannot vote unless they meet a financial requirement. This is a poll tax, plain and simple. Florida's returning citizens have more than earned their right to vote. While we work to overturn this heinous law, a high stakes election is just around the corner, Please chip in $5 to help 700,000 disenfranchised voters pay off their fines and fees so they can finally cast their ballots. The presidential race is extremely tight in Florida right now, and the 2016 election was decided by only around 112,000 votes. Restoring voting rights to citizens returning from incarceration certainly has the potential to determine the outcome for the whole state. Clearly many Florida legislators would rather play political games than uphold their constituents' right to vote and have a say in who represents them. But the role of legislators is not to manipulate elections or select voters for more favorable results.   People who've been convicted of crimes do NOT forfeit their citizenship, and their civil rights must be protected. This poll tax is chipping away at voting rights and must not be allowed to stand. In the meantime, you can help people exercise their right to vote. Chip in $5 to help returning citizens pay the poll tax that's standing between them and their voting rights. Keep fighting, Irna Landrum, Daily Kos Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612. Sent via ActionNetwork.org   NOW THAT YOU KNOW   WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT    IT?     Stay Blessed & ECLECTICALLY BLACK   Gloria Dulan-Wilson

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