The sneaky ways that some US states make it harder to vote. Tell us what you think the presidential candidates should be talking about: vox.com/ElectionVideos The process of voting isn’t the same for all Americans. Depending on where you live, you might vote on a screen, a punchcard, or a piece of paper. You might have to show an ID to vote, or you might not. And you might have to wait a long time, or you might not. Some of these differences don’t really matter. But some of them make voting harder. And sometimes they can keep people from voting altogether. For decades, the US had a civil rights law that made sure those differences were fair, and didn’t disproportionately keep certain people from voting: the 1965 Voting Rights Act. But in 2013, the US Supreme Court gutted that law, allowing states to pass a slew of new voting laws. Those new laws often had the effect of making it harder for poor people and people of color to vote. And the 2020 US election will be shaped in part by those laws. But the same election will also decide the future of those laws. This video is the second in our series on the 2020 election. We aren’t covering the horse race; instead, we want to explain the stakes of the election through the issues that matter the most to you. To do that, we want to know what you think the US presidential candidates should be talking about. Tell us here: vox.com/ElectionVideos For more information on polling place closures, check out the Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights 2019 report: civilrights.org/democracy-diverted/ Read The Guardian’s piece on Texas polling place closures: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/02/texas-polling-sites-closures-voting Information on 1960s voter registration came from the US Commission on Civil Rights: www.usccr.gov/pubs/2018/Minority_Voting_Access_2018.pdf Check out more info on Texas voting laws at the Texas Civil Rights Project: txcivilrights.org/voting-rights/ Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out www.vox.com. Subscribe to our channel! goo.gl/0bsAjO Watch our full video catalog: goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Facebook: goo.gl/U2g06o Or Twitter: goo.gl/XFrZ5H

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