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Democratic reform is not a partisan issue, it is a moral imperative. — NEDC Co-Founder, Former VT State Senator Ben Ptashnik

Burlington, VT
Joined June 2016
National Election Defense Coalition (NEDC) | Reclaim Democracy electiondefense.org #RestoreTheVote #VotingRights #ElectionDefense
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Map showing where new or pending legislation threatens to suppress the right to vote. #RestoreTheVRA #votingrights static1.squarespace.com/stat…
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We need your help to fight voter discrimination & stop the rich from buying our election. bit.ly/1UvLxVz
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2016: First Presidential Election Since Voting Rights Act Gutted #RestoreTheVRA #votingrights rollingstone.com/politics/ne…
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ElectionDefense retweeted
3 years ago today Supreme Court gutted Voting Rights Act, which @repjohnlewis nearly died to win
How old, faulty voting machines undermine American democracy | TheHill thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box… #RestoreTheVote #electionintegrity
ElectionDefense retweeted
Saturday marks 3 years since #SCOTUS eviscerated the Voting Rights Act. Republican leadership hasn't done anything to help. #RestoreTheVRA
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.@repjohnlewis: The fight is not over…we will continue to push, pull, to stand up, and if necessary to sit down.” nbcnews.to/28ZI7LN
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.@VRAmatters: The new Congressional #VotingRights Caucus and the Voting Rights Alliance is building momentum for greater voter protection.
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One hour down, one hour to go! Let's make this the #VRApowerhour! #RestoreVRA #ProtestShelby2016 #yourvoteisyourvoice
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DYK: only about ⅓ of TX counties have the DMVs needed to provide voter IDs. #ProtestShelby2016
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Nov, we'll vote for president in a country where it's easier to buy a gun than vote in many states. #RestoreTheVRA rollingstone.com/politics/ne…
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Replying to @VRAmatters
@VRAmatters The right to vote cannot and will not be forgotten @AriBerman rol.st/28V3D76 #ProtestShelby2016 #RestoreTheVRA
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We face the 1st presidential election in 50 years without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act. #RestoreTheVote #ProtestShelby2016
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Three years after Shelby County, we’re now seeing what we feared without Section 5 in place: bit.ly/28Q0QNB #RestoreTheVRA
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More than 300,000 North Carolinians lack government-issued ID; African Americans twice as likely as whites to lack ID #ProtestShelby2016