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The Issue of Voter Suppression in the United States
TLDR Voter suppression in the United States has been a long-standing issue, with both the Republican and Democratic parties implementing laws that make it difficult for certain people to vote. These laws disproportionately affect minorities, women, the elderly, the disabled, and the poor, leading to a suppression of their votes.
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The podcast discusses the issue of voter suppression and how both the Republican and Democratic parties have different reasons for implementing laws that make it difficult for certain people to vote.
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The podcast discusses the issue of voter suppression and how both the Republican and Democratic parties have different reasons for implementing laws that make it difficult for certain people to vote.
10:53
The podcast discusses how voting rights in the United States expanded over time, starting with only landowning white males being able to vote, and then gradually including war veterans, African American males, and eventually all men, but still excluding women, with the 15th Amendment leading to the first instances of voter suppression.
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Voter suppression campaigns in the United States were so successful that by 1940, only 3% of eligible African American Southerners were registered to vote, leading to the misconception that black people were politically disengaged.
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Voter fraud is not a significant issue and voter ID laws are unlikely to prevent it, as most cases of fraud are related to mail-in ballots rather than in-person voting.
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Voter caging is a technique where mail is sent to an address on the voter rolls, and when it is returned undelivered, the person's vote is challenged and they are purged from the rolls, which has been used to target Democrats and minorities.
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Felony disenfranchisement, where individuals convicted of felonies lose their right to vote, disproportionately affects African Americans and is strategically targeted to suppress their voting rights, as seen in Florida where one in four black residents were disenfranchised in 2016.
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Voter ID laws disproportionately affect minorities, women, the elderly, the disabled, and the poor, who are more likely to vote Democrat, as obtaining the necessary identification can be difficult and costly, leading to voter suppression.
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Voter intimidation tactics, such as billboards with threatening language and the presence of poll watchers, have been used to suppress voting, particularly in poor and minority neighborhoods.
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Cutbacks on early voting and Sunday voting have disproportionately affected African American voters, leading to a suppression of their votes.
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Off-cycle election scheduling is a voter suppression technique favored by Democrats, as it allows them to control local elections with low voter turnout and increase the impact of Democrat-leaning groups, such as teachers unions, on the vote.
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The recent wave of voter ID laws and voter suppression laws can be traced back to a 2009 meeting in Atlanta where a draft voter ID legislative model was produced and spread throughout the country, leading to laws that have been found to specifically target and suppress African-American voters.
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