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This series examines the systemic ways that voting rights are denied to so many Americans and how this will impact the US presidential elections
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Florida voters overwhelmingly supported restoring rights for those with felony convictions. But tens of thousands of people remain disenfranchised -
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Voters with visual disabilities, including Don Natzke, experienced roadblocks when trying to cast their ballots in Wisconsin’s pandemic primary -
New districts were adopted just in time for the 2018 midterm elections and could impact November’s election
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Reporting
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Trump has accelerated a deliberate strategy by Republicans to weaken faith in elections by making it harder to vote -
Grassroots groups who worked to overcome severe voting barriers were an example of how democracy can work
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As voter suppression became more brazen, overcoming it was a core part of work that organizers did to mobilize a new electorate -
The pandemic created new barriers to the ballot box and strengthened existing ones – aided by the president and his Republican allies -
Cities such as Malden, Massachusetts are working to comply with rights laws to accommodate a growing voting bloc -
Backlash following the 2020 election underscores how severely the party is willing to cut off access to the ballot amid signs of a changing electorate
Features
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Voter suppression – from strict ID laws to closing polling places to purging voter rolls – is deliberately making it hard to exercise the democratic franchise -
While some states have enacted policies that make it easier to cast a ballot, many have gone in the opposite direction -
Florida voters overwhelmingly supported restoring rights for those with felony convictions. But tens of thousands of people remain disenfranchised
Opinion
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The motivations behind today’s efforts to overturn elections and remove black elected officials are not very different than Reconstruction-era motivations -
Despite the tactics of voter suppression working against them, black people are one of the most stable voting blocs in the US
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The House passed a bill that would restore the 1965 act to its full strength – and the US needs reform to make the 2020 election fair for all -
None of the four top Democratic candidates poll consistently above 30% – ranked-choice voting, however, can determine who people actually support -
Given what’s at stake next year, the effort to prevent people voting will be fierce. We’ve been here before – and we can stop it, writes Guardian columnist Carol Anderson
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