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Letters to the Editor: Republicans are done with democracy. Don t let them gut voting rights © Provided by The LA Times House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivers remarks at the Capitol on the For the People Act, a bill to expand voting rights, on March 3. (Los Angeles Times)
To the editor: Nothing is more fundamental to our democracy than every citizen s right to vote, yet Republicans seek to enact laws clearly designed to disenfranchise Democratic voters. The Brennen Center For Justice has counted more than 165 restrictive voting bills currently pending in 33 state legislatures. Rather than attract additional voters with new ideas, Republicans seek to eliminate Democratic voters by gerrymandering, cutting back on voting precincts in urban areas, and eliminating or restricting voting on Sunday, when many Black voters cast their ballots after church. ( Don t weaken what s left of the Voting Rights Act, editorial, March 3)
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Formerly incarcerated Black and Brown populations in New York a state with one of the country’s largest prison infrastructures lose more than $1.6 billion per year, according to a new report from the Brennan Center for Justice.
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More than 330,000 people in New York State have been imprisoned at some point in their lives. Of that population, 145,800 are Black, and as a group, they lose $889.5 million in annual earnings; 104,600 are Latino and as a group, they lose
$749.9 million in annual earnings. “If you look at communities that have been disproportionately impacted by mass incarceration, you see disinvestment on the social service side and massive investment in incarcerating people,”
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