CNN politics | America’s long history of Black voter suppression

Then-Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams and Grammy-winning artist Common lead voters during a “souls to the polls” event in downtown Atlanta on October 28, 2018.

Washington (CNN) – This past March, John Kavanagh, a Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives, insisted that his antidemocratic position on voting rights was about election security.

“Democrats value as many people as possible voting, and they’re willing to risk fraud,” the lawmaker said, rehashing former President Donald Trump’s baseless tub-thumping about mass voter fraud in the November election. “Republicans are more concerned about fraud, so we don’t mind putting security measures in that won’t let everybody vote — but everybody shouldn’t be voting.”  —read more—