The Evolution Of The Black Vote And Projections For The 2024 Election Cycle
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By Kennedy Evers, The Hilltop Online
Black Americans face ongoing voter suppression despite long-standing voting rights, prompting discussions on race-based voting obstacles and historical parallels.
After more than 100 years of voting, Black Americans continue to navigate against voter suppression in the present day, according to the National Education Association (NEA).
With an increase in voter suppression laws in the 21st century continuing to target people of color, the NEA is considering whether or not race-based prevention of voting is the New Jim Crow.
According to the Carnegie Corporation of New York, voter suppression tactics appear in the form of voter roll purges, voter ID requirements, gerrymandering and limits to voting hours or early voting. The hindrances aim to essentially make voting inaccessible as the conditions disproportionately affect people with lower incomes, communities of color and the youth.
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