How The Far Right Will Suppress Your Right to Vote
According to the ACLU, "Voting rights are under attack nationwide as states pass voter suppression laws.” These laws significantly burden eligible voters trying to exercise their most fundamental constitutional right. Since 2008, various measures such as cuts to early voting, voter ID laws, and voter roll purges have made it harder for Americans—especially Black people, the elderly, students, and people with disabilities—to vote. Voter suppression in the U.S. through legal and illegal actions is designed to prevent eligible citizens from voting. Tactics vary by state and jurisdiction but historically have targeted racial, economic, gender, age, and disability groups. After the Civil War, despite the 15th Amendment, measures like poll taxes and literacy tests were used to restrict African American men from voting. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 brought progress, but suppression tactics persist today. Since the 2013 Supreme Court ruling in She...
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