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Jim Crow 2.0

A voter walks up to a voter booth to cast her ballot at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.
A voter walks up to a voter booth to cast her ballot at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

After a heated and contentious presidential election in 2020, voting rights are under attack. Georgia just passed a law that makes it harder for those who may be disenfranchised to cast their ballots. Other states are following suit. Mary C. Curtis speaks to Rashad Robinson, president of the social justice organization Color of Change, on what is at stake and what is being done to curtail the rollback of eligible voters to make their voices heard. 

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