In a new documentary, Stacey Abrams explains how it's increasingly difficult for many Americans to cast their ballots. 'We should not live in a nation where your access to democracy depends on your celebrity, your wealth, or your zip code,' she tells NPR.
"We have to understand that purging does not simply occur because someone has died or has moved out of the state," Abrams said, adding that then-Secretary of State Kempof voters from the rolls."The use of this purging led to a disproportionate number of communities of color being disenfranchised. And many didn't know they were purged until they showed up to vote."
Abrams, who lost the gubernatorial race to Kemp, is featured in the new documentary directed by Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés and set to release on. In it, she discusses how it is increasingly difficult for many Americans to cast their ballots. "We should not live in a nation where your access to democracy depends on your celebrity, your wealth, or your zip code," Abrams said in an interview with NPR.Let's be clear: We do not have a voter fraud problem in America. Using the most aggressive standards issued by the, they found 1,300 putative cases out of 625 million votes cast. Basically we're trying to solve the issue of a hangnail with chemotherapy.
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