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MissMillie

(38,601 posts)
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 09:06 AM Oct 2021

Black woman in rural Texas unable to vote, advocates say system is unfair [View all]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/black-woman-in-rural-texas-unable-to-vote-advocates-say-system-is-unfair/ar-AAP93t7?li=BB141NW3&ocid=U483DHP

Like many Black elders in the South, Hicks was born with the help of a midwife, at a time when records weren't kept. She never had a birth certificate. Her daughter, Jonita White, has helped her apply for one. The pair battled in court over the issue. A judge even ruled in their favor. Still, they said the Office of Vital Statistics has rejected Hicks on a technicality.

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I'll bet this situation is more common than incidents of voter fraud.

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