1977
Voting Rights Act: Major Dates In History (ACLU)
2019 Methods Preventing Voting
gerrymandering
voter purge
voter ID laws
voter registration laws
policies around early voting
closing polling places
voting rights for past felons
Is America a democracy? If so, why does it deny millions the vote? (The Guardian)
Voter suppression as a tactic – from strict ID laws to closing polling places to purging voter rolls – is deliberately making it hard for minority communities in America to exercise their democratic right.
Stacey Abrams is Fighting Voter Suppression (The Guardian)
At least 17 million voters were purged nationwide between 2016 and 2018, according to a recent study by the Brennan Center for Justice.
Which US states make it hardest to vote? (The Guardian)
Georgia has an “exact match” law, which requires that a voter’s registration form matches records kept by state officials. Residents can register online or through paper forms.Eric Holder Rages Against ‘Un-American’ Voter ID Laws (The Observer)
Democrats Vow Court Fight to Block New N.C. Congressional Map
(Politico)
Fighting Voter Suppression (The ACLU)
Stacey Abrams–leading a nationwide campaign against voter suppression (The Guardian)
In one of the most concentrated investigations of discrimination by real estate agents in the half century since enactment of America’s landmark fair housing law, Newsday found evidence of widespread separate and unequal treatment of minority potential homebuyers and minority communities on Long Island.
Sources
ACLU
The Guardian
Politico
The Root
Newsday