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Jun 29, 2023
Lauren Kunis, CEO of VoteRiders, and Deepak Puri, CEO of The Democracy Labs, TheDemLabs.org, talk about the various voter ID laws that prevent or intimidate eligible Americans from casting a ballot that is counted. VoteRiders has a nationwide network to provide voter ID education and assistance to get the form of ID that is accepted to register and vote.
Deepak and Lauren discuss
- State-by-state challenges of getting an acceptable ID to register to vote
- Why underrepresented communities are the hardest hit by voter suppression tactics
- Building a voting public that is more representative of the population
- Need for site-based voter ID assistance to expand the electorate
- Lifting language barriers by providing resources in Spanish and other local languages
@VoteRiders @TheDemLabs #VoterID #VoterSuppression #Voters #Gerrymandering #DemographicGerrymandering
