Business World: 8 marginalized groups still fighting for the freedom to vote in the U.S.

пятница, 21 октября 2016 г.

8 marginalized groups still fighting for the freedom to vote in the U.S.

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We often talk about voting as a universal right — that casting a ballot is a civic duty for all people. But not everyone in the U.S. has the freedom to vote.

Voter inequality has deep roots in our country, especially impacting already marginalized communities throughout historyWomen in the U.S. only received the right to vote in 1920, while black Americans couldn't vote until 1965. Some members of Indigenous communities were barred from voting until 1957, when remaining state laws finally broadened electoral access to Native people.