#OTD in 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, recognizing women’s constitutional right to vote nationwide. But the victory did not mean equal access to the ballot. Black women continued to face discriminatory laws, intimidation, and other barriers designed to keep them from voting. And generations of Americans would continue fighting to make the promise of voting rights a reality.
Today, that fight continues. The SAVE Act threatens to create new barriers to registering and voting. If passed, the bill would require all voters to provide a document such as a passport or a birth certificate to register or update their voter registration. Government-issued driver’s licenses—including REAL IDs opens a new window as they exist now—as well as military or tribal IDs alone would no longer satisfy voter registration requirements…making it harder for eligible Americans to vote.
The right to vote is never something we can take for granted. We have to keep fighting for it. Because if it wasn’t i...