Episode 6: Fighting Voter Suppression Across the U.S.

Talking Liberties with the ACLU of Illinois

Voter suppression efforts in Georgia, North Dakota and many more states have been in the headlines recently. We speak with Sophia Lakin (Staff Attorney, Voting Rights Project) about the ACLU’s current response, including challenges to discriminatory voter identification and registration requirements (“voter suppression by typo”), cutbacks to early voting and same-day registration, and fighting the dilution of minority votes in local elections. Remember: in Illinois, you can register to vote even on election day!