CREDIT: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — As voters across Louisiana head to the polls today to cast their runoff ballots for senator and a handful of local races, voting rights organizers across the state and country are drawing attention to policies and practices that make it more difficult for Louisianians to vote. Volunteers from the Election Protection Network, who will be on the ground Saturday to monitor voting issues during the runoff, report that their concerns stem from the state’s long history of voter suppression and problems that have surfaced in recent years. Recently, the NAACP Legal...
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