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Shelby county anniversary

Ten years after the US supreme court crippled the Voting Rights Act, voter suppression is rampant

  • Voting advocates say they are playing a game of Whac-a-Mole to keep voter suppression at bay.

    ‘Democracy is on life support’: the organizers fighting voter suppression in the US south

    After the 2013 supreme court ruling decimated the Voting Rights Act, advocates are working round the clock to ensure the ballot is accessible to all
  • Sewell, a Democrat, grew up in Selma, Alabama, worked with John Lewis on new pre-clearance laws.

    ‘Old battles have become new again’: Terri Sewell on the effect of the Shelby county decision

    The Democratic congresswoman from Alabama talks voter suppression and her hopes for the Voting Rights Advancement Act
  • Before 2013, nine states and many other jurisdictions had to pre-approve changes to their voting law.

    A timeline of voting restrictions passed by US states since 2013

  • The Shelby county decision unleashed a wave of voter suppression across the country.

    Ten years of a crippled Voting Rights Act: how states make it harder to vote

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