The Voting Reforms That Should Come From BLM Memphis Founder’s Illegal Voting Registration Conviction

The Voting Reforms That Should Come From BLM Memphis Founder’s Illegal Voting Registration Conviction
A voter leaves after filling out a ballot at the Beltrami County Administration building in Bemidji, Minn., on Sept. 18, 2020. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
Carol M. Swain
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Commentary
If Tennessee and all Americans aren’t prudent, they’ll cast only a cursory glance at the recent and controversial conviction of Black Lives Matter (BLM) Memphis Chapter founder Pamela Moses for illegally registering to vote as a convicted felon, taking no more stock of it than a splashy headline on par with the resignation of BLM founder Patrisse Cullors after the discovery of her “Black Lives Manors.”
Carol M. Swain
Carol M. Swain
Author
Dr. Carol Swain, an award-winning political scientist and former tenured professor at Princeton and Vanderbilt Universities, is a Distinguished Senior Fellow for Constitutional Studies with the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the co-author of "Black Eye for America: How Critical Race Theory is Burning Down the House."
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