Disenfranchisement of

America
In the past

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 1790
Starting a Trend

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“Democracy must be something more than two

wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for
dinner.”
― James Bovard, Lost Rights: The Destruction of
American Liberty

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 1950
Asking Nicely

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First Piece

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 1960
School Shortcomings

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AMANDA LITVINOV Representing NEA Today

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War on the Poor

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 1970
War on “Drugs”

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ProCon Felons Organization Research

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Mariel Alper Representing Bureau of Justice Statistics

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Intentional Roadblocks

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 1980 - 2010
Stop and Delay

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Being Poor
▣ Internet
▣ Transportation
▣ Voter I.D
▣ Education

Linda Qui

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 Sean McElwee Research

“Local officials across the country shuttered 868 polling places in the
three years after the Supreme Court’s 2013 ruling”
Matt Vasil Press Herald
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 What Now
“There’s really no such thing as the ‘voiceless.’
There are only the deliberately silenced, or the
preferably unheard.” -Arundhati Roy
 Works Cited

Alper, Mariel. “2018 Update on Prisoner Recidivism: A 9-Year Follow-up Period

(2005-2014).” Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS),
23 May 2018, www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=6266.

Litvinov, Amanda. “Forgotten Purpose: Civics Education in Public Schools.” NEA Today,
21 Mar. 2017, neatoday.org/2017/03/16/civics-education-public-schools/.

McElwee, Sean. “Effect on Poor.” Sean McElwee, 2014, www.seanamcelwee.com/2015/04/.

ProCon, Felons. “Number of People by State Who Cannot Vote Due to a Felony
Conviction - Felon Voting - ProCon.org.” Should Felons Be Allowed to Vote?, 4 Oct. 2017,
felonvoting.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000287

Qiu, Linda. “Bernie Sanders Said Poor People Don't Vote.” @Politifact, 24 Apr. 2016,
www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/apr/24/bernie-s/bernie-sanders-said-poor-peple-dont-vote/.

Vasilogambros, Matt Tribune News. “Across U.S., Polling Stations Are Slowly Disappearing.”
Press Herald, 6 Sept. 2018, www.pressherald.com/2018/09/05/across-u-s-polling-stations-are-slowly-disappearing/.

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