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A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Serve (capitalbnews.org)
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[–] 3 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

Where is this? Outside of HOA nonsense, I thought property ownership died as a requirement in the 1800's.

I guess the slightly less doxx-y question is: what states still allow that crap?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    New England

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I was so sure your town was doing something unconstitutional because it sounded so blatantly wrong. Found the answer and man, your state needs to sort that shit out.

    Fwiw, a few MA towns are going the other way: pushing the state to allow noncitizens to vote in TM.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 years ago

    Yeah town was founded around the Civil War and I suspect that has something to do with the way it is now. Had a brief klan revival in the 80s and 90s, and, given the size, hitting way above our weight for number of people arrested for january 6

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