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-Voting rights groups began preparing in 2019 for the 2020 Census and the anticipated
subsequent biased redistricting, better known as gerrymandering.
Unfortunately, election administrators in Southern states have learned the loop-holes of voting
and civil rights legislation and are using this knowledge to their advantage to deny access to the
voting franchise of those they feel are not worthy of a political voice. Equal and fair elections
are necessary for the right to vote in the United States to maintain democracy, liberty, freedom,
and self-expression (Ochs, 2006). When all citizens are allowed to freely and equally take part
in the decision-making process, they acquire a vested interest in their communities and the
greater good of society (Ochs, 2006).
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