“Alabama, Where ID Is Required to Vote, Closes DMVs in Most “Black Belt” Counties - Slate”
Just in case anyone thought that our legacy of systemic and institutional racial barriers was a “past horror we are trying to overcome” instead of an actual current, salient and ever-present TRUTH in reality.
States are gearing up for election season with a new wave of disenfranchisement measures…
(Source for the map below. The red counties are the ones where DMVs–the source for driver’s licenses/IDs, which are required for voting in Alabama–have closed.)
