To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, the ACLU of Rhode Island joined with the NAACP-Providence Branch, the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless, and the Rhode Island Disability Law Center to discuss voting rights today.
The organizations discussed how Rhode Island's laws limit the voting rights of minority voters, the elderly, students, persons with disabilities, and homeless individuals, notably through the state's photo voter ID law, and how we can work to protect voting rights here and across the county.
The panel also discussed felon disenfranchisement, prison-based gerrymandering, access to the polls, and efforts to restore the strength of the Voting Rights Act.
