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🚫GOP legislatures pass H.B. 531-style restrictions post-Shelby County

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Voter suppression has evolved from poll taxes to surgical precision. Learn the sophisticated tactics used today to silence voters—from strategic DMV closures to surgical gerrymandering—and who's most at risk.

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Why This Matters

🚫 1,688 polling places closed since 2013

Predominantly Black and Latino neighborhoods lost voting access, forcing 12-hour waits that working people can't afford.

🎯 Surgical precision targets specific communities

North Carolina requested racial data before drawing districts, achieving discrimination "with almost surgical precision" per federal courts.

🆔 Voter ID laws block 21 million Americans

One in ten eligible voters lack required ID, but the number triples for Black Americans and quintuples for young voters.

🛡️ Know the tactics to fight back

Recognizing suppression methods—from last-minute polling changes to deceptive robocalls—helps communities organize defense strategies.

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1

Categorize these voting changes as expansion or suppression.

Categorize
Electoral Systems
2

Fill in the blanks: ____(blank_1)____ was the date the Supreme Court struck down Section 4(b) in Shelby County v. Holder; ____(blank_2)____ was the date the Court ruled in Cooper v. Harris.

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Timeline of Events
3

Match each voter suppression tactic to its primary target.

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Civil Rights
4

How many polling places have closed since the Shelby County decision in 2013?

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Electoral Systems
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Between 2012 and 2018, how many polling locations were closed in formerly covered jurisdictions after Shelby County v. Holder ended preclearance?

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Electoral Systems
6

Which Supreme Court decision on June 25, 2013, invalidated Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act and ended federal preclearance?

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Civil Rights
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Which of the following is an example of a private‐rights enforcement action that emerged after Shelby County v. Holder ended preclearance?

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Ethics & Government Accountability
8

According to the data provided, what percentage of African Americans lack a current government-issued photo ID required for voting?

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Civil Rights
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Which organization has assisted over 4.2 million voters by covering ID-related costs and providing transit to obtain voter IDs?

Multiple Choice
Political Advocacy
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In 2018, Georgia's Randolph County planned to close 7 of 9 polling places in a majority-Black rural county. The plan would force voters to travel up to 40 minutes each way to vote—a practical impossibility for working people without cars. County officials claimed "cost savings" but the real goal was obvious: make voting harder for people who vote Democratic. The ACLU mobilized resistance that forced officials to abandon the closures within weeks. How did voting rights advocates expose and defeat this textbook voter suppression scheme?

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Civic Action
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Voter fraud by individuals is a widespread problem that justifies strict voting restrictions.

True/False
Ethics & Government Accountability
12

In October 2015, Alabama closed 31 DMV offices in counties where Black residents comprise over 75 percent of registered voters.

True/False
Civil Rights
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A one-mile increase in distance to the nearest polling place reduces turnout by 19 percent in majority-minority neighborhoods compared to a 5 percent drop in majority-White neighborhoods.

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Electoral Systems
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