Nsé Ufot, Executive Director of the New Georgia Project, explains the devastating consequences of the Supreme Court's shameful 2013 decision to gut the Voting Rights Act.
From purging eligible voters from the voter rolls and cutting back early and absentee voting to closing polling places and using strict voter ID requirements, voter suppression is wreaking havoc on our electoral process, and it's disenfranchising voters of color at every turn.
When the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act seven years ago, it passed the buck to Congress to update it, but Senate Republicans haven’t lifted a finger. Mitch McConnell and his GOP colleagues think they can sit idly by as Republican state officials suppress the vote with no accountability.
They're wrong. The people are ready to fight back and build a 21st century democracy that is representative of and responsive to our growing, diverse nation.
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