New voter suppression efforts prove the Voting Rights Act is still needed, said Ari Berman at The Nation today. Berman cited Project Vote’s new report, Election Legislation 2013: Threats and Opportunities Assessment.
“Despite the GOP’s avowal to reach out to new constituencies following the 2012 election, Republican state legislators have continued to support new voting restrictions in 2013. According to a report by Project Vote, 55 new voting restrictions have been introduced in 30 states so far this year.”
Berman concludes, “with Congress deadlocked, the states are where the action is. It’s good that people are finally taking notice, especially as state politics continue to shift further to the right in many places.”
Read The Nation report here. Read Project Vote’s legislative assessment here.