Mississippi's long history of voter suppression has created widespread voter fatigue among Black residents in a state where they account for nearly 40% of the population
A few years ago, Tiffany Wilburn just didn’t see the point in voting any longer. Her children didn’t have proper school books, health insurance was expensive and hard to get, police abuse continued against Black residents, and her city’s struggle to get clean drinking water seemed emblematic of her community always coming out on the short end of state decision-making. Combine that with Mississippi’s long history of voter suppression and she felt casting a ballot was simply a hopeless exercise.
“You’re purging people who are actually voting now? If people don’t know they’re purged until Election Day, it’s too late then.” Among the remaining hurdles is another part of the state constitution that strips voting rights from people who have committed certain felonies, a provision that also dates to 1890. Critics say the named crimes were ones the white power structure thought Black people were more likely to commit.
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