Low voter turnout is no accident, according to a ranking of the ease of voting in all 50 states

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4. Mississippi is 50th

Gotta keep those black and brown people from voting.

"Mississippi has the highest percentage of black residents in the country—37 percent—and that share continues to grow as more African-Americans move south to retire. At the same time, the ratio of Latinos, though still small, has doubled from 2 to 4 percent of the population."

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/01/will-a-black-latino-alliance-in-mississippi-change-politics-in-the-deep-south/431808/