How Republican Voter Suppression Efforts Are Targeting Minorities
Twenty-four states have implemented new voting restrictions disproportionately affecting minorities — ranging from requiring voter IDs to closing polling places.
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Twenty-four states have implemented new voting restrictions disproportionately affecting minorities — ranging from requiring voter IDs to closing polling places. We talk with ‘Mother Jones’ reporter Ari Berman about voter suppression and the ongoing fight for voter rights. “The 2018 election could go in two different ways,” he says. “It could be tainted by voter suppression, or it could be remembered as an election in which voting rights were expanded for millions of people.”
Listen to the podcast below: “How Republican Vote Suppression Efforts Are Targeting Minorities”
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