Roundtables on Race:
Sep 23, 2022 |
Season 2, Episode 3: Facts and Myths of Voter Suppression
|Season 2, Episode 3: Facts and Myths of Voter Suppression
Season 2: Race and Voting Rights
Episode 3: Facts and Myths of Voter Suppression
Following Episode 2's exploration of the systemic issues that might interfere with a person's right to vote, in this third installment of our look at race and voting rights, we discuss the more overt aspects of voter suppression – what those efforts are, some of the misinformation around them, and what each of us can do to help ensure everyone with the right to vote is able to do so. Host the Rev. Kathy Walker is joined by Karen Brinson Bell, executive director for the NC State Board of Elections, and Professor Rebecca Theobald, assistant professor of research at the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs and the head of the GeoCivics project.
Episode 3: Facts and Myths of Voter Suppression
Following Episode 2's exploration of the systemic issues that might interfere with a person's right to vote, in this third installment of our look at race and voting rights, we discuss the more overt aspects of voter suppression – what those efforts are, some of the misinformation around them, and what each of us can do to help ensure everyone with the right to vote is able to do so. Host the Rev. Kathy Walker is joined by Karen Brinson Bell, executive director for the NC State Board of Elections, and Professor Rebecca Theobald, assistant professor of research at the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs and the head of the GeoCivics project.