Outraged that convicted felons can't vote in some states, U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley is comparing the current situation with government-enforced segregation of blacks in the South between the 1870s and the 1960s.
"This is the new Jim Crow," Pressley tweeted Saturday, October 17.
Democrats dominate the Massachusetts Senate, and that supermajority won't change regardless of the outcomes of this November's general election.
Still, a marginal gain or loss is possible either major party. At stake is the Democrats' current nine-to-one majority. Democrats currently have 36 of the 40 seats in the Massachusetts Senate, while Republicans have the other four.
