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Since the destructive 2013 #ShelbyCounty decision, a wave of voter suppression practices have been allowed to keep citizens locked out of the voting booth. With the #VotingRightsAct gutted, discriminatory practices have diluted the voice of many people of color. 
In 2016 we released #DemocracyDiminished, chronicling the new wave of threats citizens faced while trying to vote in the wake of the #ShelbyCounty decision. bit.ly/2IcNgm1
In 2018 voter suppression tactics were deployed to deny many Black citizens their constitutional right to vote. Even after Floridians overwhelmingly voted for #Amendment4 to restore voting rights to returning citizens, legislators have blocked persons with debts from registering.
