One of the recurring scandals in American politics since passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is the discriminatory use of so-called “ballot security” programs. These programs are invariably presented as good government measures necessary to prevent voter fraud, but far too often they are actually designed to suppress minority voting — and for […]
Laughlin McDonald
Laughlin McDonald is the director of ACLU's Voting Rights Project and the author of A Voting Rights Odyssey: Black Enfranchisement in Georgia.