It turns out that the history of these tactics goes back to the northern states using them to disenfranchise new immigrants in the second half of the 19th centu

It turns out that the history of these tactics goes back to the northern states using them to disenfranchise new immigrants in the second half of the 19th century (they didn’t want Irish, Italian, German, Polish, ... immigrants voting). Later white southerners who wanted to disenfranchise blacks were inspired by their example, and took voting suppression to new heights. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/todays-voter-suppression-tactics-have-a-150-year-history https://talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/todays-voter-suppressi...