Newbern, Alabama refuses to allow black mayor to serve.

And the town is 1.2 square miles to go along with a very small and aging population. I am not saying racism is not a factor here but I do find it interesting that Braxton is on his fifth different attorney and several groups, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, apparently have refused to help his cause. He also contacted Bobby Singleton, the Senate Minority Leader and who is black, and he reportedly refused to assist also.

Again, racism seems to be a factor and based on the article in the OP, Braxton has not been treated fairly. But it sure is strange that in today’s social and political climate that Braxton has struggled so much to find someone to help with his cause.

 

Kids in Florida will have to write papers on how black people benefit from being denied their elected positions.

 

This seems like a case for a certain city slicker lawyer familiar with the shenanigans of Alabmer...

 

Good lord.
It really is Football, racism and.... well... Not much else there at this point isn't it?

Different rung of hell for people with so much hate.

 

“Try that in a small town.”

 

That's insane.

 

We used to send in the National Guard to places like these. What a look that would be in 2023. Jeesh.

 

Population of 131 people stuck in the 1960s...

With how small this town is, surprised anyone has heard of it.

The Governor of Alabama should step in and end this BS quickly. Sounds like Braxton did everything the right way.

 

This seems like something so far beyond the pale as to be unbelievable. My brain immediately wants for more information to make it make sense.

At the same time, this seems entirely likely.

 

McConnell and company must be mad they didn't try this with Obama.

 

Part of that town is Senator Tubby's base

 

Sooooo travel advisory for rural Alabama incoming???

 

I'm sure that DeSantis will say that Braxton is trying to introduce woke into the local government.

 

I believe his specialty is Yute Law, not really his lane.

 

TWO yutes actually.

 

“What Your Tilly?”
“Did you say Yute Law?”
“Yeah, Yute Law.”
“One Yute?”
“Oh, sorry Your Tilly. TWOOOOOO Yutes.”

 

If the population is 131, and 85% are black, then that means there is about 19 people in the town that are non-black. Putting the obvious racism aside, why is this even a "town" to begin with? The state should dissolve any city that small, as it really serves no purpose other than corruption.

 

A little bit of movement, they may be forced to hold elections this year.

Alabama town that hasn’t held elections in decades sued to allow voting

The town of Newbern, Alabama, has not had a political election in the last several decades. But that could all change this November if a new motion is successful.

The Legal Defense Fund (LDF), an organization that focuses on racial and civil rights, along with an Alabama-based private law firm, filed a preliminary injunction to force Newbern, a town of about 133 people, to hold elections and allow its citizens to vote for the first time in years.
The town, about an hour and a half away from Montgomery, captured national attention last summer, after white officials had refused for three years to allow Patrick Braxton, the first Black mayor in Newbern’s history, to exercise his mayoral duties.

Newbern is about 80% Black and 20% white, but the town’s leadership, with the exception of Braxton and his town council, has been majority white for years. The defendants in the lawsuit, including the previous mayor and council, have refused to hold elections.