Amy Goodman
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New Voter Suppression Laws Could Decide Key Races, and Turn Back the Clocks for Years to Come
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9:47Now PlayingEarlier this year, Ben Jealous, the former head of the NAACP and current chair Southern Election Fund, put out a report showing how a targeted wave of voter registration among people of color voters could shift the balance of power in key Southern states. But these efforts have come up against a series of cumbersome voter ID laws that have made it harder for people to vote, buttressed by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling invalidating key parts of the Voting Rights Act. "The Republicans aren't doubling down on voter suppression in states they're trying to acquire," Jealous says. "They're doubling down on voter suppression in states [where] they're afraid of losing control … This is what it looks like when the clocks are being turned back."
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