The Plot to End Voting Rights with Rick Hasen
Factually! with Adam Conover
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The Disenfranchisement of Voters in America
More people are eligible to vote today than ever in American history./nBlack Americans were enfranchised through the 15th amendment and Voting Rights Act./nThe 19th amendment enfranchised women./nThere are no longer poll taxes or property tests for voting./nBlack Americans were voting in large numbers after the Civil War, but then faced retrenchment and suppression during the Jim Crow era./nAmerica was a functional apartheid state for 100 years until the 60s./nVoting is easier now than before 1960, but there are still challenges in some places./nNative American voters in some areas face similar barriers as during the Jim Crow era.
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