Voting Rights Act

Voting Rights Act

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Voting Rights Act, Miscarriages, Three-Fingered Salute

Episode: Voting Rights Act, Miscarriages, Three-Fingered Salute

  • Mar 9, 2021 9:00 pm
  • 18:49 mins

Across the country, state legislatures have filed hundreds of bills to either restrict or expand voting access in the last several months. Democrats in the US House just passed a sweeping voting rights measure, and the US Supreme Court is reviewing voter restriction rules in Arizona. Why are voter rights so controversial right now? Doug Spencer is an election law expert and professor of law and public policy at the University of Connecticut. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)