voter suppression: a cancer in our body politic RESOURCES

General Background

• Two Cheers for Politics: Why Democracy is Flawed, Frightening -- and Our Best Hope, Jedediah Purdy, Basic Books

• The Fight To Vote, Michael Waldman, Simon & Schuster 

• Beyond the Voting Rights Act: The Untold Story of the Struggle to Reform America’s Voter Registration Laws, Gregory T. Moore

• Purple politics could keep the Senate blue, E.J. Dionne Jr., The Washington Post 

• Threats to democracy top list of issues facing US: poll, Zach Schonfeld, The Hill

• The Great Hack documentary, Netflix

Voter Suppression Laws Put in Place Since 2020

• Voting Laws Roundup, May 2022, The Brennan Center for Justice 

• Midterms: Top 10 States to Watch, McguireWoods Consulting

• Breaking Down the Ruling of Florida’s Voter Suppression Law, Ellis Champion, Democracy Docket 

• Florida Supreme Court locks in DeSantis-backed redistricting map, Gary Fineout, Politico 

• Texas’ SB 1 Discriminates Against Voters of Color, Lacy Crawford, Jr. Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

• Florida governor signs bill creating election police unit, PBS New Hour 

• Florida Gov. DeSantis’ election police unit announces 20 voter fraud cases, Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press 

• Georgia’s Anti-Voter Law (SB 202), The ACLU

Lawsuits Against Voter Suppression Laws

• Supreme Court to hear case on GOP ‘independent legislature’ theory that could radically reshape elections, Zach Montellaro and Josh Gerstein, Politico 

• Moore v. Harper, Explained, Eliza Sweren-Becker and Ethan Herenstein, Brennan Center for Justice 

• LDF’s Lawsuit Challenging Georgia’s Voter Suppression Law, Legal Defense Fund Press Release

• Lawsuit Filed Challenging New Texas Law Targeting Voting Rights, Legal Defense Fund 

• Federal Court Strikes Down Florida Voter Suppression Law (Senate Bill 90), League of Women Voters 

Disinformation Campaigns

• Florida's Latino voters being bombarded with right-wing misinformation, experts and advocates say, Laura Romero, ABC News 

• Is Spanish-language media really a free-for-all? Here’s how it is (and isn’t) regulated, Lesley Cosme Torres, The Miami Herald

Get Educated

• You can volunteer with a “get out the vote” organization in your state, such as the League of Women Voters or other organizations on our list of civic action groups. You will see our list in the chat, as well as voter suppression techniques, what’s going on with voter suppression, and how to help, here.

• State-by-State Strategies to Protect Election Integrity, Crimson Goes Blue

• Learn more about the Legal Defense Fund 

• Learn more about the League of Women Voters 

Volunteer and Donate

• You can volunteer with a “get out the vote” organization in your state, such as the League of Women Voters or other organizations on our list of civic action groups. You will see our list in the chat, as well as voter suppression techniques, what’s going on with voter suppression, and how to help, here

• Volunteer to be an election worker with the Legal Defense Fund

• Volunteer to monitor problems with access to the polls with the NAACP 

• If you are a lawyer, volunteer to represent election workers pro bono with Election Protection

• Get involved in volunteering with the League of Women Voters of Florida on our Amendment 4 work by calling 407-710-5496 or emailing canivote@lwvfl.org

• Find your local League of Women Voters here

• Get involved with the VoPro/Election Integrity team at Crimson Goes Blue

• Get involved with FRRC, a Florida organization committed to ending the disenfranchisement and discrimination against people with convictions