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I edited this story, and it's still hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that about 1 in 12 Tennesseans of voting age are disenfranchised due to a felony conviction (sometimes for crimes as simple as carrying a handgun in a non-reciprocal state). https://twitter.com/samanthaellimax/status/1295750096987074560
I mean, believe what you will about people with felonies (our society leaves us with a lot of preconceived notions), 420,000 Tennesseans is a lot of people not allowed to vote. https://wpln.org/post/100-years-after-tennessee-women-got-the-right-to-vote-some-are-still-fighting-to-cast-their-ballot/
Anyway, when we were talking about our 19th Amendment coverage, we thought it was important to bring it to the present day. Hence:
https://wpln.org/post/100-years-after-tennessee-women-got-the-right-to-vote-some-are-still-fighting-to-cast-their-ballot/
https://wpln.org/post/remembering-the-19th-amendment-the-erasure-of-black-womens-work-and-voices/
https://wpln.org/post/in-new-opera-the-voices-of-black-women-are-a-reminder-of-the-value-of-each-vote/
Hope you can take some time today to check it out.
https://wpln.org/post/100-years-after-tennessee-women-got-the-right-to-vote-some-are-still-fighting-to-cast-their-ballot/
https://wpln.org/post/remembering-the-19th-amendment-the-erasure-of-black-womens-work-and-voices/
https://wpln.org/post/in-new-opera-the-voices-of-black-women-are-a-reminder-of-the-value-of-each-vote/
Hope you can take some time today to check it out.
