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Alabama town that hasn’t held elections in decades sued to allow voting
(www.theguardian.com)
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It all reads like an onion skit, but it's real. Braxton was officially made mayor in 2020 and now 4y later still has no access to the town's official bank account, post box or even a key to the town hall. How can an ongoing crime that is this blatant, take years to resolve? Alabama I guess.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/26/black-mayor-alabama-town-locked-out
The reason that it's in the news again, is because mayor Braxton and a civil rights organisation are trying to have an actual election take place, which probably isn't easy to organise if you don't control the town's postbox. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/29/newbern-alabama-election-lawsuit-mayor
So after 4 years of this, the anti democratic cliques still haven't faced any negative consequences for their clearly illegal power grab. Completely insane, I would not have expected this to be possible in any western democracy.
It isn't... And it's time to admit the USA does not have democracy
Democracy in the USA is like those sugary cereals pretend to be "part of a healthy breakfast"