When I went to vote the second day of early voting, I should have written about what happened to me then — in this very conservative town where I live in middle America — because I was furious.
But I did not, as I had too many other things preying on my mind, and this was just another thing on the list. As I see the articles going back and forth, however, and I see the atrocities going on in the name of "voter fraud," I cannot stand it any longer.
Do you want to vote but think you cannot because you do not have proper ID?
When you go to vote, even if you do not have two pieces of identification, or if you do not have a photo ID, it does not matter anymore, according to Texas law, which was voted on and "trumped" down in July of this year, against all Texas Republican conservative wishes and much to Trump's dismay. According to the Federal Appeal Court, Texas was in violation of the Voting Rights Act, and so, the state had to find ways to accomodate voters who could not find appropriate documents, the ones the state wanted everyone to use but were hard to acquire for certain folks.
A blog to talk not only about adjunct faculty, but also to discuss all adjunct in society, whether adjunct faculty, students, DREAMers, undocumented, intellectual and low wage workers, and refugees, including families around the world. This crisis, however, is most noticeable coming from Mexico and Central America. These are our neighbors, our friends. As adjunct faculty, we may one day be teaching these students. Besides, if we were in their shoes, wouldn't we want them to take care of us?