Concerns over the elections were largely whitewashed with apathy and optimism. Portions of the Voter's Right Act are coming up for renewal. No voting problems in the US, right? Here are documented examples of old fashioned vote stoppers still in action today.
The Long Shadow of Jim Crow: Voter Intimidation and Suppression in America Today - A Report by PFAW Foundation and NAACP
The Long Shadow of Jim Crow: Voter Intimidation and Suppression in America Today - A Report by PFAW Foundation and NAACP: "In a nation where children are taught in grade school that every citizen has the right to vote, it would be comforting to think that the last vestiges of voter intimidation, oppression and suppression were swept away by the passage and subsequent enforcement of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965. It would be good to know that voters are no longer turned away from the polls based on their race, never knowingly misdirected, misinformed, deceived or threatened.
Unfortunately, it would be a grave mistake to believe it."
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