Hello friends,
In the process of my nightly Twitter scroll, I came across slightly alarming videos/tweets that supported the notion of voter suppression. After looking into the factuality of these claims, I saw a trend. As these primarily take place in minority communities, I see it as another form of voting Jim Crow Laws.
Not enough machines:
https://twitter.com/WorldByRachel/status/1059830658804137986
Equipment Malfunctions
https://twitter.com/AymanM/status/1059855139979358208
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/11/equipment-malfunctions-and-voting-machine-shortages-bring-long-lines-in-georgia/
Disenfranchisement of Felons (post-sentence)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/09/florida-felons-want-their-voting-rights-restored/570103/
New Voter ID Laws affect Native Americans in ND
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/north-dakotas-native-american-tribes-scrambling-print-ids/story?id=58999039
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