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It got much worse after SCOTUS invalidated portions of the VRA. States which previously needed federal approval to change voting procedures closed polling plac
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It got much worse after SCOTUS invalidated portions of the VRA. States which previously needed federal approval to change voting procedures closed polling places on college campuses and drastically reduced early voting windows to make it more difficult for college students to vote. Some states (I know Texas and N.C. off the top of my head) don't allow student IDs to be used at the polls, either.
Other states targeted minorities with similar tactics. Alabama (which needed federal sign-off on changes under the VRA) passed a voter ID law then closed 30-something DMVs across the state, almost exclusively in areas with huge black populations.