QUICK STUDY — How Voter Suppression Laws Target Minorities

Barbara Castleton, M.A.
Age of Awareness
Published in
6 min readMay 17, 2021

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Speaking in April 2021 to Senator Kennedy and a Congressional committee via Zoom, Stacy Abrams, head of the anti-voter suppression organization called Fair Fight, delineated the difference between fair voting laws and unfair voting laws. “When your motivation [for altering the law around voting] is grounded in race of those who are engaging in behaviors you disagree with, that is racist

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Barbara Castleton, M.A.
Age of Awareness

Writer, teacher, seasonal ex-pat— my life is both an intentional and serendipitous circumstance. Mottos — “Buy the ticket, and go!” “Offer help where you can.”