Those are the places her team of 150 volunteers visited during the midterm elections last year, registering black voters across Tennessee. Tennessee is not alone in introducing voting laws opponents say might keep voters from showing up on election day. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Since 2010, 25 states have enacted voting laws ranging from voter registration limitations to stricter ID laws. The Tennessee law, Johnson said, could stem from efforts to register a large number of black voters in 2018, namely in Shelby county, where more than 50% of residents are African American. Maybe they’re too embarrassed to check the felon box,” said Brandon Puttbrese, a colleague of Johnson’s at the Tennessee Black Voter Project.

Source: The Guardian June 04, 2019 06:00 UTC