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A Small Alabama Town Stopped Holding Elections In 1965. - Speedy - 04-04-2024
Conservatives delight!
https://ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics/newbern-alabama-stopped-holding-elections/
In 1965, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act, a landmark statute designed to dramatically increase Black people’s participation in electoral politics after centuries of slavery, segregation, and second-class citizenship. Newbern, Alabama, a small town in which two-thirds of 133 residents are Black, has not held a municipal election for some 60 years. What a coincidence!
In place of a democratically elected government, the town, which is located about an hour south of Tuscaloosa, has been ruled by a small group of white people who handpick their mayoral and town council in a form of hand-me-down governance. In recent years, some of Newbern’s residents have sought to change that. In a recent filing in federal court, the residents argue that the town’s failure to hold elections violates residents’ rights under the Voting Rights Act and the Constitution, and ask the court to order the town to hold an election by November 2024.
Re: A Small Alabama Town Stopped Holding Elections In 1965. - $tevie - 04-04-2024
This is incredibly bizarre. A town lost in Jim Crow time.