The Report: How Voting Laws Suppress the ‘New South’

April 9, 2021

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The Report

Measuring government performance

LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA - OCTOBER 30: People line up to vote at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds on October 30, 2020 in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Hundreds of people lined up for about an hour to cast their ballot on the final day of early voting in Georgia. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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