Republicans Disenfranchise Black and Brown Voters
Building on Trump’s conspiracy theories and lies about voter fraud, Republicans disenfranchise millions of black and brown voters with anti-democratic voter suppression laws to help their chances in 2018 midterm elections. Although Republicans failed to keep their majority in the House, they narrowly won enough key Senate seats to keep Mitch McConnell in power for the next two years.
Republican Voter Suppression Efforts Are Targeting Minorities, Journalist Says, NPR | 10/23/2018
By Terry Gross
As a result, Berman says, "You're seeing a national effort by the Republican Party to try to restrict voting rights, and it's playing out in states all across the country." Many of the new voting restrictions are occurring in states like Georgia, North Dakota and Kansas, which have critical races in the 2018 midterms. Berman says that it's still unclear what the impact of the restrictions will be on the upcoming elections, but he remains hopeful that the tide might be shifting on voter restrictions.
Voters cast ballots during early voting last week in Atlanta. Georgia has blocked approximately 53,000 voter registrations. Jessica McGowan/Getty Images