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(15,262 posts)Infographic on States Trying to Restrict Minority Voting Rights
October 22, 2013; MSNBC - http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/23136-infographic-on-states-trying-to-restrict-minority-voting-rights.html
North Carolina has become ground zero for states trying to restrict voting rights, but it is only one of many. In a press briefing on Tuesday, titled Leveling the Playing Field, Judith Browne Dianis, the co-director of the Advancement Project, said that 36 states have introduced restrictive voting bills this year alone. To Browne Dianis, these states and others are working from a playbook that provides a laser-like focus on restricting the voting rights of people of color.
This infographic from the Advancement Project maps the states that have introduced or even passed restrictive voting legislation in 2013: