Which of these Jim Crow-era voter suppression tactics are still around in repackaged form today?

1. Poll taxes or paying fees in order to cast your ballot
2. Violence and intimidation at polls in the forms of mobs

If you chose either option, you’re correct — because both of these tactics live on in the strategies of anti-voter leaders.

They have survived by being rebranded as technical, neutral, or bureaucratic. But make no mistake, these tactics target the same communities with the same goal: disenfranchising Black, Latino, Native American, young, rural, and low-income voters.

We should be making it easier for people to exercise their freedom to vote — not remixing old tactics to exclude folks from the polls. That’s why we need the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would restore voting rights protections that have been gutted by previous Supreme Court rulings.

And as we fight to get Congress to pass this vital legislation, we need to make it clear that the American people are demanding action. Add your name today to show your support for the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and fight back against voter suppression >> [[link removed]]

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Here’s how Jim Crow-era voter suppression tactics have been modernized for today:

Poll taxes → SAVE Act: Poll taxes once made people pay to vote. Today, proposals like the SAVE Act would demand proof of citizenship with specific, often expensive government documents that tens of millions of eligible voters don’t have on hand. Just like poll taxes, it’s a price tag on your right to vote, dressed up as paperwork.

Violence → Election “Security” or “Integrity”: At the height of the Jim Crow era, Black people’s lives were at risk just for casting their ballots. Today, we’ve seen false claims that led to death threats against poll workers in Georgia, mobs surrounding Detroit’s vote count, and men armed with rifles outside election offices in Arizona. Far-right groups like True the Vote boast about recruiting former Navy SEALs to watch voting locations for “fraud.”

Overtly discriminatory policies → Exact match laws: A missing hyphen, apostrophe, or middle initial can get your registration tossed, and it can be applied with inequitable consequences. In 2018, then–Secretary of State Brian Kemp blocked 53,000 voter registration applications under Georgia’s exact match rule — nearly 70% belonged to Black voters.

The shameful legacy of Jim Crow is still around today. And that is exactly why our pro-voter movement is so important. Fair Fight Action pushes back against voter suppression in all its forms and right now, we need your help to show widespread support for the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

Sign on if you support expanding voting rights protections and fighting back against voting suppression tactics that should have been left behind a long time ago >> [[link removed]]

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