Amendment XIX: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or any State, on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” One hundred years ago today, the Tennessee Legislature ratified the 19th Amendment, adding women’s right to vote to the U.S. Constitution. White women, that is. Women of color still had to fight for several more decades to advance policies and law

When I think of voter suppression, I think of blatant efforts in the past, both legal and illegal, to prevent eligible voters from exercising their right to vote. Intimidation has been a favorite tactic of voter suppression since the early days of Jim Crow. Or poll taxes which disenfranchised the poor. While open hostility and violence might have been the norm in the post-Reconstruction South, how about today? Since voting is a fundamental right, it is naïve to assume citize

When I think of voter suppression, I think of blatant efforts in the past, both legal and illegal, to prevent eligible voters from exercising their right to vote. Intimidation has been a favorite tactic of voter suppression since the early days of Jim Crow. Or poll taxes which disenfranchized the poor. While open hostility and violence might have been the norm in the post-Reconstruction South, how about today? Since voting is a fundamental right, it is naïve to assume citize