S2 E5: Your Voting Rights & Voter Suppression

Summary: This episode brings together three previous interviews with voting experts to cover all aspects of voter suppression and voting rights, including the history of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark Supreme Court Case Shelby County vs. Holder, the GOP redistricting plan - Project RedMap, and voter ID laws. Interviews With: Carol Anderson, Professor & Author of “One Person, No Vote” Kira Lerner, Thinkprogress Reporter Kat Calvin, Founder of Spread the Vote RESOURCES www.SwingLeft.org/Electorette Spread The Vote: www.SpreadtheVote.org Black Voters Matter: https://www.blackvotersmatterfund.org/ Campus Vote Project: http://campusvoteproject.org/ COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER: No copyright is claimed in use of or for included archival news clips included and to the extent that material may appear to be infringed, we assert that such alleged infringement is permissible under fair use principles in U.S. copyright laws. If you believe material has been used in an unauthorized manner, please contact The Electorette (www.electorette.com).