Voter suppression in the United States
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title:
Voter suppression in the United States
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Voter suppression in the United States consists of various legal and illegal efforts to prevent eligible citizens from exercising their right to vote. Such voter suppression efforts vary by state, local government, precinct, and election. Voter suppression has historically been used for racial, economic, gender, age and disability discrimination. After the American Civil War, all African-American men were granted voting rights, but poll taxes or language tests were used to limit and suppress the
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Efforts used to prevent eligible voters from voting
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_suppression_in_the_United_States
date created:
2014-01-11T04:32:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T00:07:14Z
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