Felonies, List Purging, and Other Forms of Voter Suppression

In this episode, Jude and Adah sit down to discuss voter suppression, covering registration restrictions, felonies, list purging, and voter ID laws. They also touch on the highly talked about mail-in ballots and whether there is potential for widespread fraud in this upcoming election.

1:45 Adah's Experience Registering to Vote

3:55 Voter ID Laws 

5:35 Mail-in Ballots and 1840 Voting Attacks

8:02 Right to Vote

9:40 Voter Suppression

10:08 Voter ID Restrictions

13:55 Voter Registration Restrictions

16:18 Felonies and Voter Suppression

19:30 List Purging

25:40 What Can I Do? - a call to action

Additional Resources

Voter Purges https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/2019-08/Report_Purges_Growing_Threat.pdf

Blocking Voter Suppression https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/block-the-vote-voter-suppression-in-2020/

Election Laws in Washington State https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/election_laws.aspx

Rates of Fraud- Mail-in Ballots https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/06/02/low-rates-of-fraud-in-vote-by-mail-states-show-the-benefits-outweigh-the-risks/

More About Mail-in Voting https://www.nytimes.com/article/fact-checking-mail-in-voting.html