Dr. Carol Anderson, Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies and associated faculty in the History Department, was recently quoted in two articles discussing the past and present of voter suppression in the United States. Anderson commented on the history of ballot restrictions in the state of Texas for The Nation article, “Texas and the Long Tail of Voter Suppression.” She offers further insights into how recent policy measures suppress voting in Georgia in the article “US election: Early voting shines light on fight over voter suppression,” published by Deutshe Welle. Read an excerpt from the Deutshe Welle article below along with the full pieces at the links above.

“Georgia keeps doubling down on trying to stop Black people from voting as well as stopping Hispanics and Asian Americans,” Carol Anderson, professor of African American Studies at Emory University and author of One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy, told DW, pointing out that all three groups overwhelmingly vote Democrat.

“It’s a legacy of knowing that this system in place is not designed to honor and embrace your right to vote, but is systematically working through different ways to stop it,” she said.