Posted on May 16, 2024
Groups that register voters are feeling besieged by new state laws
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https://www.npr.org/2024/05/16/ [login to see] /voter-registration-drive-state-restrictions
Poder Latinx's canvassers were fanning out to help eligible voters in Latino neighborhoods join the rolls or update their registrations. But the work of such groups, which often focus on young voters and voters of color, is getting harder in Florida and around the nation.
Since the 2020 election, at least six states have passed legislation cracking down on voter registration drives. Many groups view the laws — enacted by Republicans in Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Montana and Tennessee — as an existential threat to their work, and several have shut down operations rather than risk financial penalties or prison time.
Poder Latinx's canvassers were fanning out to help eligible voters in Latino neighborhoods join the rolls or update their registrations. But the work of such groups, which often focus on young voters and voters of color, is getting harder in Florida and around the nation.
Since the 2020 election, at least six states have passed legislation cracking down on voter registration drives. Many groups view the laws — enacted by Republicans in Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Montana and Tennessee — as an existential threat to their work, and several have shut down operations rather than risk financial penalties or prison time.
Groups that register voters are feeling besieged by new state laws
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If you can take a break from automatically dismissing your opposition's concerns as baseless, try reading this study about the percentage of resident non-citizens who are actually registered to vote (for whatever reason):
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S [login to see] 000973
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S [login to see] 000973
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