PBS Newshour. “After Increase In 2020 Turnout, Texas Republicans Attempt To Restrict Voting Laws.” YouTube, 14 May 2021, www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIcdOZv1ONg.
Voter Suppression - Questions
Remember: DO NOT simply number your paper and answer the questions. You are to craft a paper around the questions and around your position, and research regarding the subject that you have chosen.
What is voter suppression?
Could there be a benefit to voter suppression? Explain.
Could there be negative effects of voter suppression? Explain.
Have there been parts of the United States that have historically experienced voter suppression? If so, where are those areas?
Have you or anyone that you associate with experienced being prohibited to participate in an election, or had to travel a far distance in order to cast your vote?
If voter suppression is at play, how would you know?
As citizens, is there a responsibility to prohibit voter suppression? Explain.
What are the long-term effects of prohibiting groups from access to voting?
What are the short-term effects of prohibiting groups from access to voting?
Based on your research, how do we move forward in a manner that provides for equality and access to the right to vote, at all levels of government, to all people?
Corasaniti, Nick. "Texas Senate Passes One of the Nation’s Strictest Voting Bills." The New York Times, 29 May 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/us/politics/texas-voting-bill.html.
