Measures range from voter ID laws to restrictive voter registration procedures and bids to exclude former felons from casting a ballotWith just over a month before the crucial midterm elections,Americans in some states will return to the polls two years after the election of Donald Trump to face current laws that could make it harder to vote.
Since a landmark supreme court ruling in 2013, which repealed key provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, or over a dozen states,mostly Republican controlled, occupy imposed a swathe of laws that critics argue are intended to suppress the franchise among often vulnerable, and Democratic leaning,groups. Related: In Georgia governor's race can a black woman make history? Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com