Six on Politics: How the gutting of the Voting Rights Act led to hundreds of closed polls; Many don’t plan to vote in Novembe

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Six on Politics: How the gutting of the Voting Rights Act led to hundreds of closed polls; Many don’t plan to vote in November; Increasingly Menacing Message of Donald Trump’s Rallies; Voter-Suppression Tactics in the Age of Trump; Trump and G.O.P. Candidates Brandish Race and Immigration to Sway Close Election; end partisan gerrymandering: Don’t break up Zip codes

How the gutting of the Voting Rights Act led to hundreds of closed polls

How the gutting of the Voting Rights Act led to hundreds of closed polls

How the gutting of the Voting Rights Act led to hundreds of closed polls Watch VICE News Tonight on HBO weekdays at 7:30.

Despite rampant voter enthusiasm, the reality:

Despite rampant voter enthusiasm, the reality: Many don’t plan to vote in November

Despite rampant voter enthusiasm, the reality: Many don’t plan to vote i... https://www.facebook.com/wpjennajohnson Americans cite skepticism and disillusionment as reasons for declining to cast ballots.

The Increasingly Menacing Message of Donald Trump’s Rallies

The Increasingly Menacing Message of Donald Trump’s Rallies

The Increasingly Menacing Message of Donald Trump’s Rallies I’m still watching the President’s rallies, because his words—radical, dangerous, and often untrue—are still the...

Jelani Cobb: Voter-Suppression Tactics in the Age of Trump

"The suppression of minority votes is the homegrown corollary of the Administration’s xenophobic rhetoric—an attempt to place a white thumb on the demographic scale."

Voter-Suppression Tactics in the Age of Trump

Voter-Suppression Tactics in the Age of Trump The suppression of minority votes is the homegrown corollary of the Administration’s xenophobic rhetoric—an atte...

Trump and G.O.P. Candidates Brandish Race and Immigration to Sway Close Election - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/22/us/politics/republicans-race-divisions-elections-caravan.html

Here’s one way to end partisan gerrymandering: Don’t break up Zip codes

Analysis | Here’s one way to end partisan gerrymandering: Don’t break up Zip codes

Analysis | Here’s one way to end partisan gerrymandering: Don’t break up... Keeping Zip codes together would help citizens find their representatives — and make it hard to gerrymander.