Is America a democracy? If so, why does it deny millions the vote?
Posted on AllSides November 7th, 2019
From The Left
OPINION
Voter suppression as a tactic – from strict ID laws to closing polling places to purging voter rolls – is deliberately making it hard for minority communities in America to exercise their democratic right
Martin Luther King Jr marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965 in protest of attempts by white legislators across the south to prevent African Americans from voting. At the time, black people outnumbered white people in Selma but comprised only 2% of the voting rolls.
Over 50 years later, King’s cousin, Christine Jordan, then 92...