'Democracy for Some, But Not for All': Report Reveals Nearly 1,700 Polling Places Closed Since Supreme Court Weakened Voting Rights Act
"Seems like Republicans don't want people to vote...wonder what they are worried about."
Civil rights advocates said Tuesday that The U.S. Supreme Court must restore a key provision of the Voting Rights Act
after a sweeping new report showed how the court's decision led to the closure of nearly 1,700 polling places across the American South.
The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Under Law study, "Democracy Diverted," revealed Tuesday that
nearly 1,200 of the polling places were closed between the 2014 and 2018 midterm elections,
"underscoring the scale of this assault on U.S. democracy."
"We must recognize that closures are taking place at alarming speed amid broader efforts to prevent people of color from voting,"
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