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My Advice To The GOP

Here's How The GOP Could Win Over Black Voters
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Editor, Black Voices

This photo taken May 19, 2014, shows former Republican candidate for Congress, Vivian Childs, right, walking through the Georgia GOP headquarters, followed by Michael Roundtree, chairman of the Morehouse College Republicans, before a training session with Leo Smith, minority engagement director for the Georgia Republican Party, not shown, in Atlanta. Smith and other black Republicans who recruit say there are plenty of black conservatives out there. They just donât want to be identified publicly as conservative or Republican. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
This photo taken May 19, 2014, shows former Republican candidate for Congress, Vivian Childs, right, walking through the Georgia GOP headquarters, followed by Michael Roundtree, chairman of the Morehouse College Republicans, before a training session with Leo Smith, minority engagement director for the Georgia Republican Party, not shown, in Atlanta. Smith and other black Republicans who recruit say there are plenty of black conservatives out there. They just donât want to be identified publicly as conservative or Republican. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

It sounds like a plot point from a bad ’90s cyberthriller, but my email inbox might have a sense of humor.

Let me explain. On Tuesday morning, I received an alert from the Brennan Center for Justice, announcing its new report on the prevalence of voting restrictions. In the four years since the 2010 election—when the GOP swept state houses across the country—22 states have passed restrictive voting measures, from voter identification laws to limits on early and weekend voting. While some restrictions were overturned by the courts or weakened by the Justice Department, others remain on the books, with provisions set to take effect before the midterm elections. “In 15 states,” notes the Brennan Center, “2014 will be the first major federal election with these new restrictions in place.”

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