SUMMER 2024 | SOLVE NETWORK
State of the South: Voting Rights Under Assault Report
Democracy is in crisis, with a resurgence of voter suppression tactics over the last decade that hearken back to the days of Jim Crow.
“State of the South: Voting Rights Under Assault,” documents how voters of color, young voters and those with disabilities have been targeted with repressive laws and policies that undermine the hard-fought progress secured during the Civil Rights era.
No region of the country has been more affected by this dangerous retreat from equitable voting access than the South, which for the purposes of this report considered a 10-state footprint: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
Among the findings:
- Voter turnout is lower in the South than any other part of the country.
- Anti-voter laws in states have led to:
- Increased criminalization of the voting process, targeting vulnerable voters and those that assist voters
- Reduced ability to vote-by-mail and cast ballots early as well
- Unfair voting maps with race discrimination challenges brought in 9 of 10 Southern states
- Felony disenfranchisement in every Southern states keeps millions from voting, including 1 in 19 Black adults.
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Join us at SOLVE to protect the vote. For more information, email solve@scsj.org or visit our website.Key Contacts
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Sarah Ovaska SOLVE Senior Communications Strategistsarah@scsj.org -
Mitchell Brown Senior Counsel, Voting Rightsmitchellbrown@scsj.org
