Operation Black Vote
@opblackvote
Operation Black Vote exists to tackle the Black democratic deficit in the UK.
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http://www.obv.org.uk 05-01-2010 12:13:56
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Voter ID rules disproportionately stop black and brown people from voting ❌ In other words: they are racist. Keir Starmer, it's time to scrap them.
People of colour were 2.5x more likely to be stopped from voting than white people in the election because of Voter ID With Operation Black Vote, we coordinated 50+ artists, academics and NGO leaders, calling on @keir_starmer to scrap discriminatory Voter ID laws theguardian.com/politics/artic…
People of colour were 2.5x more likely to be stopped from voting than white people in the election because of Voter ID With Runnymede Trust , we coordinated 50+ artists, academics & NGOs, calling on @keir_starmer to scrap discriminatory Voter ID laws 👇 theguardian.com/politics/artic…
With 80 anti-racist and migrant rights organisations, we've written to Keir Starmer asking for Parliament to be recalled to address the scale of this crisis. The new govt must change the dial, and foster zero tolerance for far-right, racist and anti-migrant narratives.