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Uncounted
- The Crisis of Voter Suppression in America
- Narrated by: Gilda R. Daniels
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
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Summary
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is considered one of the most effective pieces of legislation the United States has ever passed. It enfranchised hundreds of thousands of voters, particularly in the American South, and drew attention to the problem of voter suppression. Yet in recent years, there has been a continuous assault on access to the ballot box in the form of stricter voter ID requirements, meritless claims of rigged elections, and baseless accusations of voter fraud. In the past these efforts were aimed at eliminating African American voters from the rolls, and today, new laws seek to eliminate voters of color, the poor, and the elderly, groups that historically vote for the Democratic Party.
Uncounted examines the phenomenon of disenfranchisement through the lens of history, race, law, and the democratic process. Gilda R. Daniels, who served as Deputy Chief in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and more than two decades of voting rights experience, argues that voter suppression works in cycles, constantly adapting and finding new ways to hinder access for an exponentially growing minority population. She warns that a premeditated strategy of restrictive laws and deceptive practices has taken root and is eroding the very basis of American democracy - the right to vote!
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- 24-04-24
Disturbing and almost defies belief
It is incredulous that the world's 'leading democracy' could be based on such deliberately racist political foundations. The lengths to which the white supremacists have gone to, over the century and more, to hold onto power are so twisted and corrupt that it's almost beyond belief. What's more disturbing is that this political poisoning continues and, with D Trump hovering in the sidelines, seems set to contine. You can already see some of these American voting shenanigans coming over to the UK. Its a powerful and well researched volume. Excellent narration.
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