voting rights

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  11/14/2020
  

  Democrats Work to Defy History in Georgia Runoffs That Have Favored G.O.P.

  Georgia's runoff election laws were instituted in response to a 1960s Supreme Court decision to eliminate the "county unit" system that had overrepresented white rural voters at the expense of urban and Black Georgians. 

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• SOURCE: MSNBC
  11/7/2020
  

  Will the Trump-Biden Election Disaster Finally Convince Us to Scrap the Electoral College?

  by Kevin M. Kruse

  Abolishing the Electoral College isn't a radical idea. It had bipartisan support in the 1960s as a reform consistent with the Supreme Court's rulings that established "one person, one vote" as the core principle of representation in a constitutional democracy.

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• 11/8/2020
  

  There is Nothing Sacred About the Military Vote

  by Rachel Gunter

  After a patient count, Joe Biden has claimed victory, and fears that late-arriving military absentee ballots could be subject to litigation that might decide the election have receded. This is fortunate, because history shows parties won't hesitate to interfere with the military vote for political advantage.

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• SOURCE: Made by History at The Washington Post
  11/3/2020
  

  What Modern Voter Suppression Looks Like In Florida

  by Julio Capó Jr. and Melba V. Pearson

  "The result of legal maneuvering in Florida is a 21st-century version of Jim Crow, now matured into James Crow Esq. The intent — to restrict minority community access to the ballot box — is the same, but the methods of voter suppression have become more sophisticated."

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  11/2/2020
  

  D.C. Man Fights to Educate Americans on the Importance of Voting

  “No matter what position you have, in a democracy if you don’t have the right to have your voice heard, you cannot really be considered a full citizen,” Phil Portlock said.

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• SOURCE: Made by History at The Washington Post
  10/29/2020
  

  This Year’s Elections Will Decide Whether America Witnesses A Third Reconstruction

  by David A. Love

  The United States has twice attempted to reorganize the nation's politics and institutions around principles of equality, and failed. A third reconstruction is needed to realize the promise of the Fourteenth Amendment. 

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• SOURCE: NPR
  10/29/2020
  

  The Most Sacred Right

  Frederick Douglass dreamed of a country where all people could vote and he did everything in his power to make that dream a reality. In the face of slavery, the Civil War and the violence of Jim Crow, he fought his entire life for what he believed was a sacred, natural right that should be available to all people - voting.  

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  11/2/2020
  

  This Election, Black Women Are Leading the Way—Again

  by Keisha N. Blain

  Black women are continuing a long history of fighting to secure political rights in the face of efforts to deny them the vote. 

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• SOURCE: Slate
  11/2/2020
  

  A Giant Test for Election Law (podcast)

  Election Law expert Rick Hasen joins "What's Next" to discuss the state of litigation over voting procedures as election day approaches. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  11/1/2020
  

  My Party is Destroying Itself on the Altar of Trump

  by Benjamin L. Ginsberg

  "Proof of systematic fraud has become the Loch Ness Monster of the Republican Party. People have spent a lot of time looking for it, but it doesn’t exist."

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• 11/1/2020
  

  The Shine is off the City on the Hill: American Democracy Seen From Abroad

  by Niels Eichhorn

  Viewed from abroad, the American belief that their nation exemplifies democracy has always been viewed with skepticism. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10/29/2020
  

  The Vote Suppression Tipping Point

  Have decades of efforts to stop Democratic constituencies from casting ballots become flagrant enough to inspire revenge by voting? 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10/28/2020
  

  There have been over 300 lawsuits, in 44 states, over voting rules. Here’s the latest.

  The 2020 election may be fought in court as much as at the ballot box. A summary of legal actions affecting voting procedures and counting. 

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• SOURCE: NPR
  10/22/2020
  

  Throughline: How We Vote

  In this episode, the process of voting; how it was originally designed, who it was intended for, moments in our country's history when we reimagined it altogether, and what we're left with today.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  10/27/2020
  

  Wisconsin's Ballot Extension Plan Blocked By U.S. Supreme Court

  NPR's David Greene talks to election law expert Rick Hasen about Monday's Supreme Court decision that may offer a a window into how the court could rule over a contested Election Day outcome.

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• SOURCE: Saturday Evening Post
  10/27/2020
  

  Considering History: Voter Suppression and Racial Terrorism, the Twin Pillars of White Supremacy

  by Ben Railton

  Voter suppression has consistently gone hand in hand with racial terrorism to prop up white supremacy.

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• SOURCE: Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick
  

  The American Contest: Featuring Heather Cox Richardson (Podcast)

  Regardless of the outcome of the election, the Supreme Court has already entered a new era. Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Heather Cox Richardson for a big-picture conversation about what that means: minority rule and the court’s role, past and present, in changing visions of democracy. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/nyregion/nyc-vo
  

  Inside Decades of Nepotism and Bungling at the N.Y.C. Elections Board

  “I expect the B.O.E. to pull this off — there’s no other option. It’s the most important election of our lifetime,” said Scott Stringer, the city comptroller. “But we shouldn’t have to hold our breath because of their gross incompetence.”

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• SOURCE: Library Company of Philadelphia
  10/26/2020
  

  Voter Suppression in the US, Feat. Jim Downs, Carol Anderson and Kevin Kruse (10/27)

  Historians Jim Downs, Carol Anderson and Kevin Kruse discuss voter suppression in a virtual event hosted by the Library Company of Philadelphia, Tuesday evening at 6:00 PM. 

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• SOURCE: Woodrow Wilson Center
  10/23/2020
  

  Suffrage: Women's Long Battle for the Vote (Virtual Event, 10/26)

  Speaker Ellen DuBois will be joined by panelists Kimberly A. Hamlin and Marcia Chatelain to discuss the history of Woman Suffrage for the Washington History Seminar, hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center and the National History Center.