From the Congressional Research Service, a report on the Federal Role in U.S. Campaigns and Elections: An Overview. Why the right to vote is not enshrined in the Constitution: Sean Illing interviews Allan J. Lichtman, author of The Embattled Vote in America From the Founding to the Present, on how voter suppression became a political weapon in American politics. Sarah Okeson on how Republicans bar African-Americans and other minorities from voting. From TPM, Cameron Joseph on how the Georgia governor’s race is an epic showdown over voting rights. Georgia’s voter purge is evidence of democratic erosion (and more and more). This Florida woman had to travel 10 hours by bus to have her voting rights restored. Why North Dakota’s new voter-ID law is suddenly so important.
Henry Rose (Loyola): How the United States Supreme Court Diminished Constitutional Protections of the Right to Vote and What Congress Can Do About It. This week’s voter ID rulings could help decide control of the Senate. Kavanaugh and the court’s conservatives will accelerate the war on voting. House GOP hardliners push Sessions to ramp up non-citizen voting prosecutions. Pay attention: They are trying to keep you from voting. What to do if you’re turned away at the polls.
