That feeling of delight, exhaustion, wonder when you finally publish a sprawling new project.
Today @GuardianUS is launching a series on US voter suppression - efforts to stop people exercising a basic democratic right. Led by our voting editor @anrao.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/07/is-america-a-democracy-if-so-why-does-it-deny-millions-the-vote …
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In an interview last year, Barack Obama said, “We’re the only advanced democracy that deliberately discourages people from voting.” Experts say these efforts place "special burdens on racial minorities.” Check this interactive to see how your state ranks:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2019/nov/07/which-us-states-hardest-vote-supression-election …
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We also spent a lot of time with Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate who now leads a campaign to take on US voter suppression. "I'm not convinced we will have fair elections," she says. Don't miss the brilliant video interview.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/07/stacey-abrams-georgia-suppression-voting-rights-campaign-democracy …
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This was a group effort led by the superb
@anrao, with reporting from@oliverlaughland,@TomSilverstone,@grimkim,@zak_bennett,@Greg_Palast, Pat Dillon,@currycolleen and others. Incredible design/technical work by @tonytonyjuju,@fnavas5,@salamdogmillion.1 reply 5 retweets 12 likesShow this thread
And today's other big announcement: we just hired @srl as our full-time voting rights reporter.
Sam has covered voting rights in the US for years like no other, and we're lucky to have him. Watch this space..https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2019/nov/07/guardian-us-announces-new-year-long-project-on-voter-suppression-in-america …
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