Monday, July 6, 2020
Recent primaries have highlighted the challenges of voting in a pandemic. They've also pointed out what are seen as gaps in voter protections.
“Meltdown” has been used to describe the June primary in Georgia, where voters waited up to five hours to cast ballots.
Kentucky drastically slashed the number of polling places, resulting in images of voters in Louisville’s lone precinct banging on doors to be let in as polling closed.
The scene right outside the locked doors in Louisville: pic.twitter.com/qvMTbe5f7Z
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) June 23, 2020
Voting experts say the Georgia primary in particular also highlighted the ramifications of the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision that gutted the landmark Voting Rights Act, which set off a wave of voting battles, including North Carolina’s ongoing fight over voter ID.
What has happened to voting rights since that pivotal ruling, and how is it shaping the way America will vote in 2020?
GUESTS
Guy-Uriel Charles, Duke University School of Law, professor of law (@ProfGuyCharles)
Andra Gillespie, Emory University, associate professor of political science, director of Emory's James Weldon Johnson Institute (@AndraGillespie)
Allison Riggs, Southern Coalition for Southern Justice, interim executive director and chief counsel for voting rights (@AllisonJRiggs)