'We deserve leaders who are fighting for a representative democracy—not MAGA Republicans who brag about suppressing votes in Black and Brown communities,' says abetterwisamid revelations about GOP election official Bob Spindell.
"It is incredibly racist to brag about lowering Black and Brown turnout, it is also unacceptable to have these comments and views held by an election official," said one advocacy group.Voting rights advocates in Wisconsin on Thursday called on a far-right conspiracy theorist and member of the state's election authority to resign following revelations that he boasted about suppressing Black and Brown Milwaukee voters during last year's midterms.
Spindell explained that"this great and important decrease in Democrat votes in the city" was due to a"well thought out multifaceted plan," which included negative ads targeting Black voters, Republican lawsuits that increased voting restrictions, and an effort to convince Democratic voters to stay home on Election Day.
;“Our Statement regarding WEC Commissioner Bob Spindell's comments about targeted suppression and disenfranchisement of Black communities in the city of Milwaukee. \nArticle: https://t.co/Vr93dBEwoz;”"It is incredibly racist to brag about lowering Black and Brown turnout, it is also unacceptable to have these comments and views held by an election official," BLOC added."We join calls from various grassroots partners...
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