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Robert Reich: Jim Crow Is Making a Furious Comeback

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Robert Reich: Jim Crow Is Making a Furious Comeback
The former secretary of labor warns hundreds of thousands are being disenfranchised. The New Poll Tax Hundreds of thousands of Americans are being denied the right to vote because they are poor. In nine states, Republican legislators have enacted laws that disenfranchise anyone with outstanding legal fees or court fines. For example, in Alabama more than 100,000 people who owe money – roughly 3 percent of the state’s voting-age population – have been struck from voting rolls.  
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