Today is the day, at long last, that Alabama voters head to the polls for the special election in which they'll choose a Senator to fill the vacated seat left by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
The choice is between Democrat Doug Jones, a career prosecutor who prosecuted two Ku Klux Klan perpetrators of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four Black girls and who also secured an indictment against the Olympic Park Bomber, and Republican Roy Moore, a serial sex abuser and heinous bigot whose closing argument was that he didn't patronize a child brothel in Vietnam and he's got one Jewish attorney.
The choice is stark. I can't imagine that anyone who is going to vote remains undecided. At this point, the only thing I have to say is this:
I hope everyone in Alabama who wants to vote today is able to vote. Shame on anyone who engages in voter suppression. Voting is a right — and a hard-won right for many people.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) December 12, 2017
Unfortunately, there is a lot of Republican fuckery to overcome (if it can be overcome):
Alabama's Secretary of State was an election monitor in Russia, where he deemed their election "free and fair" (it wasn't) and said he'd implement Russian tactics in Alabama https://t.co/6R5j6NAgU3
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) December 12, 2017
Yes, they shld vote. Unfortunately, it looks like the fix is in. John Merrill SOS of Alabama has overturned a court order to preserve ballots. They are going to cheat. Pls make sure to let everyone know, so we can be ready to fight him and demand an investigation.
— Odette Roulette (@odetteroulette) December 12, 2017
The only possible thing to do right now is overwhelm them. If you're in Alabama, get out there and VOTE!
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