In this episode, Ruyi focuses on the history and present state of voting within the United States. She looks at disenfranchisement of African Americans, immigrants and ex-convicts throughout history and how it has persisted even to the 21st century.

Sources:

https://theconversation.com/whose-votes-count-the-least-in-the-electoral-college-74280

https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/educational-resources/disputed-election-1876

https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/jimcrow/voting_literacy.html

https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/felony-disenfranchisement-a-primer/

https://www.oah.org/tah/issues/2017/november/a-brief-history-of-felon-disenfranchisement-and-prison-gerrymanders/

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/racism-felony-disenfranchisement-intertwined-history

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/us/florida-felon-voting-rights.html

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/convicted-florida-felons-allowed-vote-1st-time-presidential/story?id=73822173

https://freeourvote.com/